She said: 'I was told that without my doctor being so determined to help me, I would have been worse off if he hadn't have helped push through my tests and diagnosis. She was able to return to work, at a tools company, and to build up her confidence and life again within weeks. Ms Clapp underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy and the process of recovery began.
They account for one per cent of brain tumours, according to The National Brain Tumour Society, and are most common among men and women in their 20s to 50s. Overall, Ms Clapp had a mixed-grade brain tumour - which contains a mixture of cells with different grades, and it is graded according to the highest grade of cell it contains. She is pictured in Ibiza in AugustĪ biopsy from the craniotomy showed the tumour had a grade 4 glioblastoma, the most common high grade and cancerous primary brain tumour in adults. Ms Clapp had chemotherapy and radiotherapy for a cancerous growth. 'Within two days I was out of hospital and 98 per cent of the tumours had been removed.'
'A lot of appointments got cancelled but I had stayed the night before in a hotel nearby with my mum, so on the morning I was like, "yep, I'm ready!". 'I always remember it because it was March 2 and there was a lot of snow in the south west that year. I don't know how I did it but it went really well for me. Ms Clapp said: 'It's really strange when I look back at it now. She had an awake craniotomy, a type of operation that requires a person to be alert while under the knife. The seriousness of Ms Clapp's diagnosis had now escalated and she was told she would need surgery urgently to remove the tumour. She said: 'At the time they weren't sure that the tumours would even need surgery but then I got a call saying there was two little dots on the scan that I called "dumb and dumber".' It was then discovered that Ms Clapp had a brain tumour but it was believed to be benign. Ms Clapp said: 'I had electrical wires on my head in place for two days and the whole works, but they found nothing.'Ī neurologist then scheduled an MRI, originally for February 2018, but pushed for the scan to be brought forward to October 2017 after growing concerned for Ms Clapp. Ms Clapp had been having focal seizures, during which a person can sometimes remain fully aware of their surroundings even if they can't move or respond. 'My mum rushed in and said, "Yasmin, you're mumbling", so we went to the doctor and he referred me straight away to have an epilepsy test done at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.' 'The smell, the déjà vu and of course the toast started burning as well so I was surrounded by real and imagined smells. She said: 'In September 2017 I was in the kitchen making cheese on toast and I had a moment. But in July 2017, the symptoms started happening again. Ms Clapp put the moment down to just a 'strange sensation'. The reason why it occurs is not clear.įatigue is the most common side effect of brain tumours and brain cancer, but is often overlooked as part of everyday life.īrain tumours can also affect communication skills, causing a person to forget words, mispronounce them or put them in the wrong order. Treating the cause of phantosmia may help get rid of it, but sometimes it is permanent. Less common causes involve the nervous system or the brain, such as migraines, epilepsy, mental health problems like depression or a head injury.
The NHS states phantosmia is usually caused by an infection such as a cold, flu or sinusitis. It's sometimes called an olfactory hallucination.Ī huge variety of smells have been recorded, but the most common appear to be cigarette smoke, burning rubber, chemicals and something spoiled or rotten. Up to 60 per cent of brain tumour patients will experience at least one seizure, according to The Brain Tumour Charity.Ī condition called phantosmia also causes you to smell odours that aren’t actually present.
A seizure that occurs in the temporal lobe of the brain may cause the individual to hear or see things that are not there, including smells, noises or even emotions. This may be due to the individual having seizures. Smelling burnt toast can be a sign of a brain tumour.
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