The mother of 20-year-old Hannah Roberts says earlier diagnosis could have given them more options.
By Elise Chamberlain & Greig WatsonA woman whose daughter has been given 15 months to live due to a brain tumour wants to raise awareness of the symptoms.
Her problems were misdiagnosed several times and now her family, from Derbyshire, is trying to raise £250,000 for private treatment in the US.Image caption,The family is currently trying to raise £250,000 - up from an original target of £150,000 - to travel to the US for immunology treatment not available on the NHS.
After months of being ill Ms Roberts, who worked for JCB as a welder before her health deteriorated, woke up and had lost vision and hearing on her left side, and a scan detected her tumour."When I first got diagnosed, I was thinking this is it now. Now, my mum's found this option abroad, it makes me feel so much better.
They have also organised numerous fundraising events, detailed on a dedicated Facebook page, and had been "blown away" by people's generosity.
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