The 24-year-old bride was away from a week of paralysis, a brain tumor was not found for five years

Luckily, flipping through wedding magazines and planning her dream day was something that Chelsea Yeomans feared she never knew.

The stress from exams, puberty and even anemia had been blamed on the cause of Chelsea's painful headaches, which had started at the age of 14.

At age 24, Chelsea said, "The pain is slowly getting worse.

"At first, I thought it was because of the stress of the exam while I was going to my GCSE, and I supported it.

"But as the pain became more intense, I went to see a GP who referred me to the hospital.

"I was told that I had anemia and that it was probably due to my hormones – but I just knew that something was really not going to my home."

"I felt very weak and upset because no one seemed to believe me – it was as if no one was listening to me."

But when she woke up one morning in 2014, screaming in pain, vomiting uncontrollably and unable even to lift her head from the pillow, her mother took her to her GP.

Chelsea said: "I was violently ill and my mother called the GP to make an emergency appointment. I immediately got it because the receptionist could hear my screams.

"The doctor knew that something was really wrong because he only had to touch lightly the back of my head and screamed in pain."

Chelsea was sent directly to his local hospital for a CT scan, which revealed a 6 cm mbad on his brain.

She was later admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

The future bride said: "I was so scared – I convinced myself that it was a cancer and I was going to die.

"My parents were terrified too."

Two days later, she underwent a seven-hour operation during which 90% of the orange-sized tumor was removed.

Biopsy tests revealed that it was a low grade (non-cancerous) pilocytic astrocytoma.

Chelsea said: "It was said that I was in two weeks of paralysis from the waist because the tumor was pressing on my spine."

She had to have six months off. and said, "The operation was the hardest thing I ever had to do.

"I had to relearn how to walk, to spell and even to cut my food.

"My parents have been such support and I would never have done it without them."

Love was the last thing in her mind and because of everything she had lived through, Chelsea was afraid of never meeting anyone who could accept her as she was. was.

That changed in an instant when she had her first date with Michael, also on the 24th, in January 2017, after meeting on an online dating app.

She said: "I had no confidence in myself and I was convinced that no one would care about me as soon as I would have told them that I had a brain tumor.

"Why would anyone take the risk of being involved with me in case I get sick again?" I was also terribly aware of my scars.

"I was convinced that never, in my life or in my experience, would anyone marry and have children."

But the auditor Michael dispelled that fear when Chelsea decided to be honest with him from the start.

She said, "We were chatting online and a week before our first date, I told him I had a brain tumor.

"I wanted to be honest right now and give him a chance to go back.

"He was not at all scared and told me that a brain tumor was only part of me and that she did not define me." "

At their first date, Chelsea and Michael went to eat and then to the movies.

She said, "I knew immediately that we would be serious.

"And I loved the first question he asked me:" If you could choose a place to go in the world, where would it be? I replied, "Iceland to see the aurora borealis".

"It was like I still knew Michael and immediately trusted him implicitly. That was it, we were a couple.

In less than three months, Chelsea, who has also become a young ambbadador for The Brain Tumor Charity, took up residence with his parents before renting their own home in July 2017.

She said, "We got into the thick of things and we've been happy since.

"Michael is so kind and supportive.

"He comes to my appointments and takes care of me when I feel sick."

And he reinforced Chelsea's confidence.

She said: "Michael immediately agreed for me.

"He says I'm beautiful every day and I tell him not to be sweet!"

Chelsea, a director of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), now conducts badyzes every two years.

Fortunately, they did not reveal any increase in the number of tumor surgeons out of 10 percent who had to leave because of his position.

His last stable scan was in May.

She said: I was so relieved that I cried and Michael was crying too.

"It's as if a weight had been removed from my shoulders.

"I'm so happy to be able to focus now on our wedding plans and look to the future with Michael."

The couple had been together for a little over a year when Michael had proposed it at a concert last April.

She explained, "He said, 'What would you like to do for the rest of your life? Said Chelsea.

"I answered." Pbad it with you. "Then he asked," Do you want to marry me? "

"I was surprised that he had proposed so early, but I had no ounce of doubt. I burst into tears and gasped, "Yes!

The couple, who lives in the West Midlands, has set the date of her wedding – September 5th of next year, followed by a three-week honeymoon in Florida.

Chelsea's role as a young ambbadador for The Brain Tumor Charity and helping to raise awareness of the body's HeadSmart campaign headsmart.org.uk – highlighting the possible symptoms of a brain tumor – also made it bloom.

She appeared in Channel 5's Do The Right Thing, presented by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford, speaking about HeadSmart, while her devoted fiancé was waiting for her behind the scenes.

Chelsea said: "I was incredibly nervous but Michael kept me calm behind the scenes.

"He also came with me to my first meeting for young people with brain tumors, organized by the badociation.

"I was anxious to leave, it was a big step forward to share what I had lived with other people.

"But it was very helpful to talk to others of my age who are facing similar challenges.

"I want to do my part to help others – and I strongly encourage people to attend meetings with an open mind and heart – because you remove so many.

Now, Chelsea is determined to make the most of her life.

She said, "Although it has taken years to get a diagnosis, I consider myself one of the lucky ones.

"And I feel lucky to have found someone so special with whom to share my life.

"All that I have lived has made me stronger and I feel now that I can face everything – with Michael by my side."

Emma Wood, Head of Young Adult Services at The Brain Tumor Charity, said, "We are very grateful to Chelsea for sharing its story to educate people about brain tumors – the biggest cancer killer at children and young people under 40 years in the UK – especially On average, the diagnosis is longer in adolescents, because symptoms such as headaches and mood swings are often confused with the stress of examination and puberty.

"We feel privileged to have her among our young ambbadadors and wish her and Michael all the happiness they have for their future."

The Big Meet of the Brain Tumor Charity for young adults aged 16 to 30 with brain tumors is being held in Kidderminster, Worcestershire on Saturday, June 29th.

For more information, click here.

The charity organizes regular meetings across the UK. For more information, click here.