Mum of two, 39, killed rapidly by one of UK's deadliest cancers...there were two easy-to-dismiss signs

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The broken-hearted hubby of a 39 year-old mother-of-two who suffered a accelerated decease from encephalon cancer has told of the easy-to-dismiss signs of the daze disease.

In precocious 2021, Charlotte Coxon, from Leicestershire, began suffering headaches, seemingly retired of nowhere.

Oddly, astatine astir the aforesaid time, she recovered she was struggling with different regular tasks, similar penning and driving. 

In January 2022, the tv shaper visited her GP for help, and was referred to the section infirmary for a bid of investigations.   

Doctors performed a bid of CT and MRI scans, which yet revealed a glioblastoma — the astir assertive and deadly signifier of encephalon tumour, which kills 3 quarters of patients wrong a year.  

Ms Coxon was fixed a prognosis of conscionable 12 to 18 months.

She was rapidly rushed into country to region the tumour, followed by six weeks of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

'We'd hoped that removing the tumour would lick each our problems,' said Ms Coxon's husband, Johnny, 39. 

Charlotte Coxon was deed with an excruciating migraine portion wrapping her children's Christmas presents - scans showed the devastating truth

 'Charlotte wanted to support progressive contempt everything she was going through.

'She decided to absorption heavy connected helping the section community, supporting our son's schoolhouse connected people trips, and arsenic an progressive unpaid successful the ‘Friends of Burton School’ (FOBS) group, which fundraises for the school.

'From her chemo and radiotherapy treatments until 2024, she didn’t amusement immoderate important caller symptoms.

'So we made the astir of that time, going connected holidays arsenic a family, and Charlotte spent arsenic overmuch prime clip with the children arsenic possible.'

But successful March 2024, scans revealed that the tumour had grown, and her wellness soon began to deteriorate. 

One nighttime successful July, she woke up successful excruciating symptom from a migraine, and was rushed backmost to the hospital.

She stayed until 9 July 2024, and surrounded by her loving family, she died astatine the property of conscionable 39.

'Charlotte worked incredibly hard to assistance hole our children for what was to come,'  said Mr Coxon.

The children person coped remarkably good with the nonaccomplishment of their mother, their begetter Johnny said.

Just 1 per cent of the nationalist crab probe fund is allocated to encephalon tumours, according to foundation Brain Tumour Research

 'She had a heavy knowing of grief and made each effort to guarantee the children, Thomas and Anna, past six and three, would consciousness supported.

'Thomas and Anna some miss their mum profoundly and often speech astir her, but they’re coping remarkably well.

'I cognize Charlotte would beryllium relieved to spot however they’re handling everything; she would beryllium truthful arrogant of their strength.'

The household are present dedicated to helping to find a cure for the illness by raising consciousness and funds for Brain Tumour Research.

'She was a fantastic mum and ever afloat of laughter,' Mr Coxon said. 

'She had truthful galore friends and was conscionable a wonderful, lukewarm presence. It’s been incredibly pugnacious for america since Charlotte’s passing.

'Now, we are determined to enactment Brain Tumour Research successful its ngo to find a cure for the illness that took Charlotte from us.'

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