A visit to the optician's become a stunning medical discovery for a 45-year-old mom of three, who came upon she was harbouring a big mind tumour as a substitute of what she thought was an eye fixed an infection.

Marcia, an organization director from Oxford, awoke at some point to blurry imaginative and prescient which she initially dismissed however as her imaginative and prescient worsened, she determined to get her eyes checked at Specsavers in Cowley.

The optician was so alarmed by what they noticed that she was referred to John Radcliffe hospital, the place docs confirmed the uncover of a 'large mind tumour' that would have value Marcia her sight if left untreated.

Marcia told the Mirror: "I thought I was going to be diagnosed with an eye infection when I went to my doctor in November 2022 as I was starting to go blind - I had very blurred vision. I was struggling to drive.

"They instructed me they thought it was an eye fixed an infection and so they gave me some antibiotics - it did not enhance something and in January I known as again and mentioned one thing is not proper and I bought a referral to ophthalmology."

By January the condition had worsened, and her optician was able to get her referred to the hospitak on the same day, where they made the shocking discovery.

She said: "I used to be there for about 5 hours, they did a sequence of checks on my eyes, they do blood checks and a CT scan, and so they sat me down and mentioned that I had a benign mind tumour.

"That's how I found out, I thought I was going to have an eye infection but I actually had a brain tumour."

While Marcia's tumour was benign, it was considerably massive and was inflicting strain on her mind, resulting in her imaginative and prescient issues.

Describing listening to the news, she mentioned she had "tears streaming down her face from shock" as she mentioned remedy opticians, studying she'd must endure surgical procedure to take away it and was referred to a different hospital to hurry up the method.

She mentioned: "I was really grateful because Charring Cross is a very busy hospital, but they are quick to respond to things and adapt and respond to things. The team were absolutely brilliant. Had the response not been so quick, I would probably be blind.

Since surgery, Marcia's vision has improved beyond expectations, with her eyesight now better than 2020.

Speaking of the size of her tumour, she shared: "An common mind tumour is 10mm and mine was 2.9cm, it was large - that is why there was a lot strain."

Motivated by her experience, Marcia is now keen to raise awareness about brain tumours and urges anyone experience symptoms to get them checked.

She said: "Because mine was so massive, it took them about six hours to get it out. I'm very glad I went, if I hadn't I'd have misplaced my imaginative and prescient and would not have been handled so rapidly."

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