Sandra Liddell, 56, Henstead, Suffolk
Pressing my hand to my forehead, I winced.
‘I can’t shake this headache,’ I sighed to my husband Stuart, then 56.
It was summer 2012 and I’d suffered with a bad head for a few years.
At first, I put it down to stress after losing my mother-in-law Jean and starting my own business as a beautician and reiki healer.
Plus, my kids, Amy, then 28, James, 26, and Adam, 22, were all making their own way in the world – and, like any mum, I worried.
‘Book a doctor’s appointment,’ Stuart suggested to me.
My GP thought it was a sinus infection.
That September, when antibiotics didn’t work, I had an op to flush out my sinuses, hoping that would solve the problem.
It…
