“The doctors told me that my tumor was complex, it was behind my right eye”: that was the diagnosis given to a woman who thought she was suffering from a stye

It happens in real life, says doctor Juan Carlos Sánchez, who notes: “It is through the eye that we get the clue to many diagnoses of the body.”

This is how Sánchez responds to the impressive case of a woman who received a bad diagnosis when she went to a specialist about what was going on with her right eye.

Because the patient was not improving, she decided not to stop with that one medical evaluation, and on the second, what they told her upset her.

It happened to Ciaran Morgan, a 43-year-old English woman.

These are the first symptoms of a brain tumor

From stye to tumor

Morgan noticed swelling in his right eye. Moreover, he looked ‘tearful’.

He believed, Semana emphasizes, that it was an allergy (hay fever) or ‘a simple stye’. During the consultation with an ophthalmologist, “she told him it wasn’t anything serious.”

The professional, according to The Sun, and reported by La Nación, in 2020, “prescribed him several antibiotics and told him it was just an allergic reaction.

The treatment didn’t work. “Day after day, the condition of the eye deteriorated even more.”

The eye remained swollen “and he began to experience itchy skin, bone pain, hair loss, lack of concentration and anxiety.”

Ciaran Morgan went to the ophthalmologist again and had an MRI in October 2021.

The last thing on his mind was the results of the test: “They found a tumor the size of a tennis ball that was pushing the eye forward.”

Amid the impact, the second news was: this is an urgent operation today, Ciaran has recovered.

“I’m relieved that he’s still here”: the impressive story of Colin and Anita, the spouses who were diagnosed with a brain tumor fourteen months apart

He was diagnosed with an intraosseous meningioma of the sphenoid wing. His tumor was so complex that doctors created a 3D model of his skull to understand how to remove the cancer without causing life-threatening injuries.

Mirror

Devastated by news of a brain tumor

When her experience begins to become public, the woman recalls: “I was devastated and cried at the news. My thoughts turned to how I was going to tell my two children. “The doctors told me that my tumor was complex and that even though it was behind my eye, it barely touched my optic nerve, so I could still see,” he explained, according to Mirror.

The tumor grew and “went from the top of my head, under my eye,” until it grew into the skull, MegaNoticias noted.

After a ten-hour operation, Ciaran now has a titanium plate replacing part of his skull and a reconstructed mesh eye socket.

Mirror

“I live to tell the story”: A woman claims that a scratch from a bra with a metal ring almost cost her her life after undergoing two surgeries and an induced coma. What happened to her?

Applause and support for research

“Since my diagnosis I have experienced a lot of stimulation and being in social situations makes me anxious, which I didn’t do before,” she told British media.

The woman, who lives in Devon, England, “took part in a marathon for the Brain Tumor Research charity at the beginning of August and received the applause of everyone,” La Nación published.

Mel Tiley, community development manager at the charity Brain Tumor Research, said, La Nación added, that “Ciaran’s story is a stark reminder of the random nature of brain tumors, which can affect anyone.”

Encouraged, after taking part in the marathon, Ciaran told Mirror: “This challenge was a great way to get back to normal, while raising awareness and funds for research into a historically underfunded disease.” (JO)