'Doctors uncovered the devastating reason I kept mistaking my daughter for my sister'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman who kept mistaking her daughter for her sister was diagnosed with a brain tumour the size of a lemon - which doctors believe had been growing for two decades.
Sorrall Dovey, 52, a retired nurse, was told she had the mass when she was 43 after she experienced migraines, numbness and started to mistake her daughter, Morgan, 24, as her sister, Frances.
Doctors suspected that the tumour - which was approximately eight centimetres - had been growing since Sorrall was in her early 20s.
Sorrall had surgery to remove as much of the tumour as possible but tumour returned four years later in December 2016. She had another operation to remove the tumour in 2017 and has defied the odds to surpass the four-year prognosis she was given. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Sorell's daughter Morgan, a researcher, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, said: "It was a devastating blow.
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