Woman's devastating diagnosis after leaving work with 'headache'

A woman who left work 'with a headache' before suffering a brain haemorrhage has been given a terminal diagnosis.

Susan Bolger initially thought "dehydration or stress" were to blame when she came down with the headache in 2008. But later that night, she suffered a brain haemorrhage and was rushed to hospital.

She was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2012. It was initially deemed to be low grade, but about 18 months ago she was dealt the devastating news that the tumour was terminal. Susan, 48, now wants to thank her doctors who have supported and comforted for the past 16 years before she "misses her chance", the Liverpool ECHO reports.

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Susan, from Litherland, Merseyside, said: "I was fit and well until the age of 32, then out of the blue I had a brain haemorrhage. I was working in employment law at the time in Lancashire, and it just happened out of the blue.

"I had gone home from work with a headache, I thought it was dehydration or stress and it just developed. I got taken to the Royal by ambulance, then got transferred to The Walton Centre, where I had an operation to stem the bleed.

"From there they did checks and at that point I was diagnosed with a brain tumour, and have been under the centre for that ever since. The first few years I was shocked, I was terribly sad, but I was just grateful that I was alive. I decided that I had to keep trying to stay alive and now every day is a gift."

Sadly, 18 months ago Susan was told her diagnosis had progressed to high grade. She said she is now "in a terminal prognosis" but is "keeping positive."

"I'm seriously not well but I'm working to explore possible options to try an extend my life where