Your Stories

Moataz tells the story about how he was diagnosed with a spinal cord Schwannoma

What a difference an MRI makes! With so few in the UK in 1989, it was moving to the States, where there were many more, that saved me from a lifetime in a wheelchair and enabled me to run with my little boy for the first time in his life.

In 2007 (aged 47 ) I noticed my little finger on my right hand hurt also my legs felt like Jelly when

Hasn’t had surgery  People said to me “Chris, just have the surgery and get it over and done with”. If only it

My operation (July 2001)  made a fantastic difference in that I could walk again – after surgery the main problem was with

My problems started in Jan 2007, my right foot felt cold to me but was warm to the touch. I went to

Schwannoma – Intradural Tumor L5 & T2 My story started approximately 3 years ago when I went to the doctor because I

I was first diagnosed in 2008 after having back pain since July 2007 following slipping on a wet floor. I had difficulty

I was diagnosed with a Spinal Cord Lipoma in July 2014. A congenital condition as it turns out. Lipomas can appear anywhere

Benign Meningioma at C2/C3 My story officially began on 6th December when I received a phone call from my GP telling me

In 1987 one Saturday morning the phone rang downstairs and I got out of bed and fell straight to the floor. Thinking

In December 2013 I was diagnosed with having a “suspected” juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma” or “Ependymoma” located at my T4/T5, it fills the