A Scottish mother has revealed she was ready to "start planning her funeral" after a toothache led to a brain tumour diagnosis.
Emma Webster, 29, went to the dentist in April 2018 with a sore tooth and had been waiting for root canal surgery, so the operation was expedited.
But when the pain didn't go away, doctors believed she was experiencing neuralgia, a stabbing pain due to an irritated or damaged nerve, and she was treated for it for six months, according to the Independent.
After still struggling with numbness on the top of her mouth, pain and blurred vision, she was referred to the neurology department at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was completed and Webster was given the devastating news in January 2019 that she had a brain tumour behind her right eye.
Two months later, Webster had surgery to remove 70 percent of the benign tumour but she struggled with headaches and balance issues after the operation for eight months until the medication started to make her feel better.
"When I found out (about the tumour), it didn't sink in at all," Webster told the Independent.
"I even went back to work, but later that day when I was on the phone I broke down. I kept thinking, 'Why me? What have I done wrong?'
"I could only think of Alfie and what would happen to him if he lost his mum. I was ready to start planning my funeral," she told the outlet.
Webster now has yearly scans to check the growth of the tumour.
