A woman found out she had been living with a tumor for 15 years after she lost hearing when her ears “popped” on a plane.

Nicole Cutler, 28, was flying from California to Boston when she experienced the loss and immediately booked an appointment with an audiologist who booked her in for an MRI scan.

It revealed Nicole had a brain tumor and she underwent an operation but doctors were only able to remove 50 percent because it was wrapped around her facial nerve.

After MRI scans every six months, in 2023 she found out the tumor had grown and underwent emergency radiation treatment to shrink the tumor. 5

The therapy didn’t work and the tumor continued to grow, so in February 2024, Nicole underwent her second emergency brain surgery to remove more of the tumor.

Now, Nicole is bein

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