Overview
- Alison Whybrow, 59, collapsed for more than six hours while being treated for a fractured wrist after a 2022 fall, prompting CT and MRI scans.
- The scans identified a 1.5mm low‑grade meningioma behind her right eye, which doctors confirmed is benign.
- Clinicians continue to monitor the tumour with annual imaging, and surgery is a future option only if there is evidence of growth.
- Whybrow initially kept the diagnosis between herself and her husband, with daughter Hannah learning of it after overhearing a call with a doctor.
- Hannah Munday, 29, is supporting Brain Tumour Research’s Christmas appeal and fundraising efforts, as the charity highlights underfunding and estimates that more than 100,000 people in the UK live with brain tumours or their long‑term effects.