Sophie ready for whatever it takes

Sophie Stapleford has finally been given an answer to her 12 months of suffering, but not the answer that she was expecting to hear.

The 21-year-old struggled every day with excruciating headaches, lethargy, nausea and blurred vision but still managed to fulfil the duties of her full-time position at Cessnock Multipurpose Children’s Centre without complaint.

She would be in and out of doctors’ surgeries being diagnosed with sinus infections, throat infections and ear infections, before things started to get worse and she was referred to a specialist.

Again misdiagnosed with chronic fatigue, Sophie underwent an MRI and found out she had a brain tumour.

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