A Melbourne mother discovered she had a brain tumour after looking up her symptoms online – possibly saving her life.
Jamila Rizvi was diagnosed with the benign growth a month ago and was scheduled for surgery to remove it in late January.
‘You’re not supposed to Google your symptoms because the internet says everything is either stomach cancer or a brain tumour,’ she said.
‘Turns out, sometimes Google gets it right.’
Jamila Rizvi, 31, (pictured with her son Rafi) diagnosed with the benign brain tumour after looking up her symptoms online
The Melbourne mother (pictured with husband Jeremy) was diagnosed with the benign growth a month ago and was scheduled for surgery to remove it in late January
The author said she was not in any pain and the tumour would not affect her cognitively, and was expected to make a full recovery.
‘I’m writing, speaking and working as normal and that’s how I intend to continue… I full intend to be fine,’ she said.
The author said she was not in any pain and the tumour would not affect her cognitively, and was expected to make a full recovery
Ms Rizvi said she might be absent from social media in her two-month recovery, and praised Australia for having one of the best healthcare systems in the world.
‘I have brilliant surgeons, specialists and nurses, and at every appointment, every test, every hospital visit, I’ve been asked for my Medicare card before my credit card,’ she said.
‘So as it turns out, I am (just) lucky. In that respect, all Australians are.’
The 31-year-old also assured her followers the tumour wasn’t ‘compressing a secret conservative lobe of the brain’.
‘There’s no risk I’ll emerge from surgery singing the praises of Donald Trump or Tony Abbott,’ she joked.
Ms Rizvi lives in Melbourne with her husband Jeremy and toddler son Rafi. She declined to comment further on the diagnosis.
Ms Rizvi said she might be absent from social media in her two-month recovery, and praised Australia for having one of the best healthcare systems in the world