Big Brother star, 39, battling 'rare' brain tumour in shock diagnosis – eight years after show stint
ok.co.ukFormer Big Brother star Charlie Doherty, 39, has bravely opened up about her health struggles, sharing that she has been diagnosed with a 'rare' brain tumour.
Charlie, who was on the reality TV show in 2016, took to Instagram to tell her followers about her diagnosis following a series of tests.
She wrote: "So I received some rubbish news this week... I have been having some ongoing issues which has gone on a while and I pushed for an MRI which has resulted in them finding a brain tumour." She continued: "I have been researching and finding out as much as I can and I basically wanted to share awareness that this is happening more and more and to younger people, I don't know if this was caused by environmental factors but if I was to hazard a guess it could be from mobile phone use in my right ear for a number of years/ sunbeds / nightclubs in loud music.That's obviously just speculation as I don't know enough about it yet." "Other than it's rare and does have treatment options.
If anyone knows or has had this kind of tumour please let me know best treatments to be looked at and any advice you can give.To me this is a very alien subject scary and quite frankly shocking.The tumour is called an acoustic neuroma." She concluded her post with: "Sorry to share such a negative list but I am very health conscious and worried.
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