'I just started hearing music in my head' - Doctors told woman she was just 'a bit stressed' but the truth 'terrified' her

The family of a woman who was diagnosed with a brain tumour after hearing imaginary music are raising money to help find a cure.

Emma Bond, 33, went to A&E and was told she was simply 'a bit stressed' but more tests later revealed a brain tumour. It was causing words to sound like lyrics and making her hear music which wasn't there.

Devastated, Emma had to postpone her wedding to have surgery a week before the big day, to remove 95 per cent of the mass. She then underwent six weeks of radiotherapy and a year of chemotherapy.

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Emma and partner Edd Blake, 34, re-arranged their wedding and tied the knot and now she is stable. The healthcare worker from Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, said: "I just started hearing music in my head.

"When people spoke, it was like they were singing lyrics to me. The same thing happened when I was with my mum later that day; I could see she was talking to me, but in my mind I could hear music, and I couldn’t understand what she was saying.

"When I found out it was because I had a brain tumour, I was terrified. I just wanted to know how it would affect me physically and mentally."

Emma was working at North Manchester General Hospital in June 2019 when she first heard the music. Emma went to A&E at another hospital and after a series of tests, she was told she was just 'a bit stressed'.

"But I wasn’t stressed, and the strange music and singing happened again and again," she said. "A scan at St Helens Hospital showed there was something on my brain."

She was diagnosed with a grade 2 glioma in June 2019 and had surgery on August 9 - one week before her wedding was scheduled to happen. Surgeons managed to remove 95 per cent of the