This is Stacie's story, in her words...

I suffered in high school with headaches and was always told it was stress by doctors. In January 2015, I had a seizure which caused loss of feeling in my left side. I went via ambulance to York District Hospital, where a scan showed a 5x4cm brain tumour. Originally I was told it was a low grade/benign tumour. So I had surgery on March 31st 2015 to remove it. It went well; however, they couldn't remove all of it due to it being too deep in my brain and removing it could have paralysed me.

The tumour turned out to be stage 3 cancerous known as an Aplastic Astrocytoma. I was told my prognosis roughly 5-7 years.

I had 33 daily sessions of radiotherapy, alongside 44 days of oral chemotherapy (Temolozide). I was told I could no longer drive due to the risk of more seizures. That was that - my independence gone. I couldn't take my girls to school and had to rely on others. Which I have never needed to do.

The tumour remained stable. Until January 2017. I got a phone call whilst away on holiday asking me to go see my Oncologist. A week later I was told my December scan showed growth and it had progressed. The next step was to have 3 cycles (over 3 months) of oral chemo..... another scan showed more growth. Surgery was no longer a viable option as a second tumour had appeared over 6 weeks. This is now slowly paralysing my left side. In September 2017 I was told I needed to have PCV chemo and that if it didn't work I'd have approximately 8 weeks to live. I have just finished my first cycle and find out scan results on Monday 30th October. Now I am struggling with memory loss, numbness down my left side, headaches that make me violently ill, fatigue, lack of balance, out of breath and I need a wheelchair.

Avastin is a chemotherapy that isn't available to me without paying for it. Each fortnight it can cost £1500 - but has known to have a better impact than other chemotherapy. I simply do not have enough to fund it.