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Son helps raise £3.5k for mum battling cancer

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Published date26 March 2024
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
Shelley Young, from Beacon Lough, Gateshead, discovered she had a brain tumour after suffering from bad headaches. The 46-year-old underwent surgery to remove it and tests were carried out to see if it was cancerous

Earlier this month, the mother-of-five was given the devastating news that she had stage four brain cancer and three years left to live. She is now undergoing chemotherapy in the hope of slowing down the growth of the cancer.

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Her son William, 18, said: "When we went to the Freeman Hospital, which specialises in cancer, they said it's the most brutal form of brain cancer - stage four. They told her she had 36 months.

"I was there when she got the news. My heart just sank, it was horrible. She just burst out crying. It was just the worst feeling ever."

Shelley, who was a carer for people with dementia, is also mum to Michael, 23, Nicole, 14, Hollie, 12, and Ellie, 11. She visited A&E at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QE) in Gateshead last month when the headache she was suffering from become unbearable.

William, who is studying Carpentry and Joinery at Gateshead College, said: "It started off with her having headaches and sleeping all the time. She wasn't getting checked out at all. It kept going on and on until we had to go to the QE. She was there seven hours.

"They eventually told her she had a tumour. They didn't know if it was cancerous until they took it out and had it tested. They didn't remove it all. If they took it all out it would have impacted her speech."

On March 5, William...

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