Superfit footballer, 24, gets shock brain cancer diagnosis after suffering bizarre symptom READ MORE: Man, 62, sees killer brain tumour shrink by half within weeks By Emily Stearn, Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 13:52, 1 November 2024 | Updated: 13:55, 1 November 2024 e-mail View comments A professional footballer has revealed the strange and innocuous sign that she had a deadly brain tumour. Amy Carr, from Hemel Hempstead in Bedfordshire, suddenly collapsed in her bedroom aged 24, after seeing a spider. But paramedics, who were called to her home, mistakenly told the former England football player the episode was triggered by her terror of seeing the eight-legged creature.
It was only after the now 33-year-old blacked out again twice at the gym that she sought further medical attention. An MRI scan showed she had a golf-ball sized tumour on her brain. Despite a successful operation to remove the growth, the surgery left her unable to walk or even talk for eight days.
When she did regain her speech, the personal trainer was temporarily only able to communicate using her GCSE French she had learned years earlier. Ms Carr, who at the time was playing professional football in Norway, is now in remission after chemotherapy, radiotherapy and extensive physiotherapy. Amy Carr, from Hemel Hempstead in Bedfordshire, suddenly collapsed in her bedroom after seeing a spider But paramedics, who were called to her home, mistakenly told the former England football player .