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'I passed out at home with my 3 kids - then doctors gave me 18 months to live'


Georgie Maynard, 47, was at home with her three youngest children when she blacked out for 20 minutes. She was rushed to hospital where an MRI scan revealed she had a tumour

The brave mum, 47, from Appleton, Oxfordshire, experienced a terrifying blackout lasting about 20 minutes before her quick-thinking children dialled for emergency services. Following the scary turn of events, doctors at the hospital conducted an MRI scan which uncovered a glioblastoma- an aggressive type of brain tumour. Recounting the terrifying moments, she added, "Twenty minutes later, I regained my consciousness to slowly discover my room no longer just had my three children in it but the ambulance crew, my brother Charlie Maynard, and his wife."

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