A MOTHER-OF-THREE who was left unable to walk or talk after brain surgery is now taking on an ambitious challenge to help find a cure.
Amy Reader, 27, a supervisor bartender from Millbrook, near Torpoint, will be taking part in the 7.2km Walk of Hope Torpoint on Friday, September 30, in aid of the charity Brain Tumour Research – just five months after brain surgery left her unable to walk.
Amy, who has three children, Ethan who is 10, Cole, five, and three-year-old Dylan, said: “It took me six weeks before I could walk and I’m still using an aid on and off. When I saw this challenge I thought it would be a brilliant personal goal and help to raise awareness about brain tumours which, before my diagnosis, I had no idea about.”
Amy’s symptoms started in 2022 with severe and persistent headaches. In October 2022 she had a MRI, scan which showed a mass, 4cm by 3cm, on her brain.
This story is from the September 14, 2023 edition of The Herald.
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