When They Don’t Look, They Don’t Find: Beverley’s Story

2025-08-05

Beverley is a mum to Jake, a thirty-something who still lives at home—not because of choice, but because a missed brain tumour diagnosis changed both their lives forever. For months, doctors searched for the wrong answers. Migraines. Epilepsy. Anything but the tumour that was slowly taking hold. Today, Jake lives with seizures. Beverley lives on permanent alert. Every noise. Every bump in the night. Her life is on hold—not from a lack of love, but from a system that didn’t look, so didn’t find. In this episode, Beverley speaks for every parent trapped in the aftermath of a diagnosis that ca...

Beverley is a mum to Jake, a thirty-something who still lives at home—not because of choice, but because a missed brain tumour diagnosis changed both their lives forever.

For months, doctors searched for the wrong answers. Migraines. Epilepsy. Anything but the tumour that was slowly taking hold.

Today, Jake lives with seizures. Beverley lives on permanent alert. Every noise. Every bump in the night.

Her life is on hold—not from a lack of love, but from a system that didn’t look, so didn’t find.

In this episode, Beverley speaks for every parent trapped in the aftermath of a diagnosis that came too late.

This isn’t just a story. It’s a warning.

#BrainTumourAwareness #DelayedDiagnosis #CancerStories #PatientAdvocacy #SeizureAwareness

#WhenTheyDontLookTheyDontFind #InvisibleImpact #CancerCanDoOne #CancerConversation #BreakTheSilence

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