Lead up to diagnosis - Things not quite right

It took 4 to 5 months to finally understand what my partner had and it the typical story associated with brain tumours which is....surprise! You've got a brain tumour!

Late last year my partner was going through menopause - she was the right age for it, her periods were becoming less predictable etc. She went on a course of HRT to help. The HRT didn't seem to work that well. She was also taking a lot of alternative medicine and nothing much was happening.

Calming things like Yoga Nidra were helping.

In January she had suspected case of Blastocystis which was treated with a strong antibiotic. We were never sure that this had been completely cleared up as she continued to have bowel and gut problems. Later I read that there is a link between brain tumours and your gut.

She had also lost 10 kgs which we weren't sure what to attribute to.

These things were all creating a good deal of anxiety as a cause for them had either not been found or the treatments were having little effect. She was taking more time off work in order to cope.