By Ben Barry via SWNS A woman who was told she had seven brain tumors after suffering from blurred vision said it is like having a "ticking time bomb" in her head. Emma Hollick, 41, started experiencing blurred vision and booked an appointment with her GP. Doctors thought Emma was suffering from a virus but her symptoms continued to worsen and she lost the feeling in the left side of her face.
She started to experience headaches and went to see her optician who flagged concerns to her GP - but there was an 18-week wait for a referral. Desperate Emma went to A&E where she had an MRI scan which revealed she had multiple meningiomas. A month later, Emma had an operation to remove one of the tumors - which was successful - as it was pressing on her optic nerve.
Now, she has yearly MRI scans to monitor the tumors and said it is like having a "ticking time bomb". Emma Hollick (center right), with daughter Aliysha (center left) and friends before a charity walk. (The Brain Tumour Charity via SWNS) Emma, a retail worker, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, said: “A brain tumour diagnosis was the last thing I was expecting.
"I really did not see that coming. Looking back, I was so ill. "I was trying to work and get on with normal things, but my headaches were so bad.
"When I got the diagnosis, I was terrified, you do research and you are always scared. "It is like walking around with a ticking time bomb - you don't know when someone is going to pull the pin and turn your life around." In Febru.