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A 39-year-old mother has warned the public never to dismiss worrying symptoms – after her 'tendonitis' turned out to be terminal brain cancer.

Now, Bryony Hill, from Nottinghamshire, faces the heartbreaking reality of leaving her five children without a mother, as her tumour is inoperable.

'My husband is on the internet every day trying to find anything and everything that can prolong life as much as possible,' she said. 'Time is very precious.'

Mrs Hill's ordeal began in September last year, when she began suffering headaches.

She visited her GP who offered migraine medication. But within a month, another more bizarre symptom struck - ankle pain.

After visiting A&E in October, medics reportedly told Mrs Hill that she had tendonitis thanks to breaking her ankle while rock climbing 18 years earlier.

According to the NHS, tendonitis - the term for swelling or irritation - is often triggered by an injury, and occurs when the tissue connecting muscles to bones swells and causes pain and stiffness.

But the stay-at-home mum says the 'tingling' in her right foot eventually got worse before spreading through the right side of her body.

Bryony Hill has warned the public never to dismiss worrying symptoms – after her 'tendonitis' turned out to be terminal brain cancer

It became so bad that she consistently felt a sensation of 'pins and needles' and even stopped driving.

She was referred for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan this April.

However, her symptoms continued to worsen.

The night before Mrs Hill was due to go on holiday with her husband James for her 40th birthday, things took a dramatic turn.

'I went to bed that night and woke up in the early hours to ambulance men around my head,' she recalls.

'I was coming in and out of consciousness because I had no idea what had happened and I'd had a seizure.'

It was then, Mrs Hill said, that medics discovered she had a brain tumour.

One of the symptoms of having a brain tumour is progressive weakness or paralysis on the body.

Initially it was believed that her tumour was grade two but after receiving a biopsy doctors confirmed that it was grade four.

The night before Mrs Hill was due to go on holiday with her husband James for her 40th birthday, she suffered a seizure

Mrs Hill faces the heartbreaking reality of leaving her five children without a mother, as her tumour is inoperable

Initially it was believed that Mrs Hill's tumour was grade two but after receiving a biopsy doctors confirmed that it was grade four

Mrs Hill says her tumour 'diffuses' into her central nervous system like a 'spiderweb' so doctors are unable to remove it.

Due to it being incurable, her family have set up a fundraiser to help pay for alternative treatment abroad in a bid to give her more time with her family.

Mrs Hill said: 'They can't take it out, it's the worst type, it's the most aggressive.

'It just happened so fast.

'There's just so much I can't do, even just playing with my daughter. I can't get up and run to her.'

A spokesman for the NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board, on behalf of the GP surgery, said: 'We are unable to discuss individual cases, to protect patient confidentiality.

'We would encourage all patients to make contact with the practice to discuss any concerns they may have about their care.'