ARCHIVE: Woman was awake for 'at least half' of brain tumour operation left with stammer

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January 13 2021 08:14 AM

A woman who was awake during "at least half" of an eight-hour operation to remove a tumour from her brain told how she played Candy Crush straight after discovering she had had a stroke - when she was just 26.

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