Mum, 38, told she just had a sinus infection dies after devastating hospital trip

A mum-of-two who went to the doctors complaining of sickness and migraines has died of a brain tumour aged just 38.

Jennifer Roscoe was originally told she had a recurring sinus infection after seeing her GP in 2019. But after the whole of Jennifer’s left-hand side went numb, she was rushed to hospital, where an MRI scan revealed she had a brain tumour.

The 38-year-old tragically died at her home in St Helens on July 23. Paying tribute, husband David said she 'changed so many people's lives', reports the Liverpool Echo.

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Jennifer was diagnosed with glioblastoma (GBM) - a fast-growing and aggressive type of brain tumour - in June 2019. Jennifer's GP thought she had a recurring sinus infection and put her on beta blockers to stop the migraines, but they had no effect. On 2 June 2019, the whole of Jennifer’s left-hand side went numb, accompanied by vomiting and blurred vision.

Her husband David drove her to A&E at Whiston Hospital in Prescot, where an MRI scan revealed she had a brain tumour. The tumour was removed by surgeons at The Walton Centre in Liverpool, and Jennifer was sent for six months of concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

But in January this year, an MRI scan revealed two new tumours on Jennifer's brain.

David said: “We had a good couple of years when the disease was stable and we were able to work through Jen’s bucket list, such as trips to Florida and Lapland. Anything she wanted to do, we did it. In January 2023, Jen started to have problems with her mobility and an MRI scan revealed two new tumours on her brain.

"She was put on a different type of chemotherapy, but she