Woman’s ‘menopause brain fog’ turn out to be two brain tumors

By Lula White

A woman who blamed her brain fog on the menopause and long work hours was diagnosed with two brain tumors .

Elizabeth Murphy, 60, began struggling to find words, type fluently, and even spell - something she’d never struggled with before.

Assuming it was menopause brain fog and tiredness from long hours in court through her work as a court clerk, Elizabeth carried on.

But when she developed severe headaches and a drooping face, she went to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, where doctors initially suspected a bleed on the brain.

A late night MRI revealed a meningioma, a type of brain tumor , and five months later, after waiting for specialists to get back to her, she was told she had two brain tumors.

The tumors are now being monitored with regular MRI's.

Elizabeth