By Ben Barry

A woman who was bedridden for two years after doctors dismissed her flu-like symptoms as fibromyalgia was diagnosed with a brain tumor .

Karen Tait, 57, began experiencing fatigue, feeling hot, achy, and clammy and within weeks her vision became blurry.

She developed uncontrollable shakes at work but her doctor said it was a viral infection.

Soon after, Karen became bedridden for two years, struggling to move, sensitive to light, and cared for by her husband, Neil Day, 58 - and doctors suggested she had fibromyalgia, depression, or menopause.

In November 2024, too ill to attend her routine MRI for previous vaginal cancer, her gynecologist arranged another scan, which revealed a brain mass.

Karen underwent a successful craniotomy, and the mass was diagnosed as a grade 2

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