A mum suffering from severe headaches was misdiagnosed with MS before discovering she had an inoperable "death sentence" brain tumour. Sammie Rainey, 29, developed a weakness on the right side of her body, pain behind her eye and changes in her vision in March 2022. Doctors at Rivers Hospital in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, initially believed her symptoms were due to her having multiple sclerosis - a condition that can affect the brain and spinal cord.
While under investigation to determine the course of treatment for MS, an MRI scan at The Royal London Hospital, in Whitechapel, discovered Sammie actually had an inoperable pontine glioma in March 2023. Heartbreakingly, further tests revealed the lesion was actually a cancerous brain tumour. She has since undergone six weeks of radiotherapy followed by a primary course of six months of chemotherapy - a treatment she will be on for the rest of her life.
Sammie - who is mum to Leo, six, and Grace, eight - from Buntingford, Hertfordshire, said: "I wish it was MS instead of a brain tumour. This 'less than half price' garden chair set is cheapest we've found on the internet Wendy and Sammie, when Sammie was a child ( Image: Brain Tumour Research/SWNS) "There are ways to manage MS compared with a brain tumour which in my case feels like a death sentence because it is inoperable - limiting treatment options available to me. I can't even look at clinical trials because I need a sample of my tumour, but a biopsy poses too much risk.
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