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‘My friends laughed at my bizarre drunk injury but then doctors gave me two years to live,’ says mum, 32
A MUM who was carried home when her foot “bent outwards” on a night out was laughed at for being “too drunk” – until it turned out to be a bizarre terminal cancer symptom.
Jade Collett was only 22 when she was on a night out with friends and began experiencing strange symptoms in her right foot.
The 32-year-old says she noticed it had turned slightly outwards and gone completely numb, forcing the mum-of-one to be carried home due to the pain.
Despite her friends laughing her ailment off as “being too drunk”, Jade grew more concerned when her symptoms persisted the following day.
Jade, who lives in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, visited her GP who sent her for an MRI scan and further testing.
The results revealed that Jade had a brain tumour in her motor cortex, which was affecting mobility in her foot, and she had just two years to live.
Devastated, Jade began planning her own funeral and preparing herself to say goodbye to her one-year-old daughter Grace.
However, nine years after her terminal cancer diagnosis, Jade is continuing to defy doctors’ predictions who “cannot explain” why her tumour remains the same size.
Now, Jade credits her unusual foot symptom for helping save her life by catching her hidden cancer early.
Jade, who is unable to work due to her tumour, said: “I was on a night out with my friends then all of a sudden my foot started to turn outwards a little bit.
“I had hip dysplasia during my pregnancy so thought it was something to do with that or I’d twinged a nerve.
“Everyone thought it was a pinched nerve. It didn’t cross my mind that it could be something sinister.
“When we walked into town, it was hurting but a few hours in I couldn’t even put my foot on the ground it was hurting that much. I had to be carried home.
“All my friends thought I was drunk and just laughed it off.
“But the next day I still couldn’t put my foot on the ground and it felt really numb.”
Jade was sent for an MRI scan after visiting her local GP, which revealed that she had a brain tumour and would need further testing.
Jade said: “I just froze. I didn’t even talk or cry. I was just sitting in the car silent thinking what is going on?
“I remember balling my eyes out crying saying ‘I’m going to die’. Grace wasn’t even one yet.
I remember balling my eyes out crying saying ‘I’m going to die’
Jade Collett
“They told me the fact my foot turned outwards was really lucky because not that many people get that symptom. And I didn’t have any other symptoms.”
A biopsy confirmed that Jade had Grade 4 Glioblastoma – the most aggressive type of cancer which originates in the brain.
Jade said: “The only thing I thought about was Grace. I asked how long I had and he told me two years max.
“They said it’s inoperable because if they attempted to remove it, I would be disabled.
“They would give me treatment but it was just to keep me stable and prolong my life.”
Defying the odds
After undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy, Jade was “waiting around to die” but continues to defy doctors’ two-year prognosis.
Jade, whose foot still has the bend in it and is still numb, said: “I found it hard going past the second year because I felt like I was waiting around to die. I felt like I couldn’t plan ahead and was in limbo.
“I’ve got a will and had a whole funeral planned, it’s all ready. I never thought I’d have to plan my own funeral at 22.
“But I’ve always wanted to keep going for Grace. I feel so lucky and just thought I’m going to carry on with my life.
“Since having my treatment nine years ago, I haven’t had any more treatment and I’m still here.
“Doctors have no idea what’s going on and they’ve called me a miracle. They have no answers and are gobsmacked I’m still here and so healthy.
“I’m just really grateful and feel so lucky. I think this happens to less than one per cent of people who last as long as me with this type of tumour.
“My foot definitely saved my life. I’m very glad my foot did this because I wouldn’t have known otherwise.
“Every day I get I’m super grateful.”
The most common symptoms of a brain tumour
More than 12,000 Brits are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour every year — of which around half are cancerous — with 5,300 losing their lives.
The disease is the most deadly cancer in children and adults aged under 40, according to the Brain Tumour Charity.
Brain tumours reduce life expectancies by an average of 27 years, with just 12 per cent of adults surviving five years after diagnosis.
There are two main types, with non-cancerous benign tumours growing more slowly and being less likely to return after treatment.
Cancerous malignant brain tumours can either start in the brain or spread there from elsewhere in the body and are more likely to return.
Brain tumours can cause headaches, seizures, nausea, vomiting and memory problems, according to the NHS.
They can also lead to changes in personality weakness or paralysis on one side of the problem and problems with speech or vision.
The nine most common symptoms are:
- Headaches
- Seizures
- Feeling sick
- Being sick
- Memory problems
- Change in personality
- Weakness or paralysis on one side of the body
- Vision problems
- Speech problems
If you are suffering any of these symptoms, particularly a headache that feels different from the ones you normally get, you should visit your GP.
Source: NHS
I was touched by my neighbour’s thoughtful gifts – then he turned ‘serial killer’ & prowled at my door clutching a drill
PULLING up the blinds, Kelly Crosskey closed her eyes as she felt the warmth of the sunlight flooding into her flat.
It had only been a week since she’d moved into her new place but already she felt right at home.
The block was mostly made up of council apartments but a few were privately rented and Kelly’s was one of those.
“I was 28 and it was the first flat I’d rented on my own and I couldn’t believe my luck,” Kelly, now 32, says.
“It was really quite beautiful.”
As Kelly prepared to go to work as a regional manager in recruitment, she bumped into her new neighbour Darren Cartwright, loitering in the communal hallway.
“I said good morning to him and he said it back,” she recalls.
“But walking past Darren I felt uneasy.
“He lived in the apartment directly below me and although he was friendly enough, he seemed a bit odd.
“I was pretty sure he didn’t work and I couldn’t think of any reason he’d be in the lobby at that time in the morning.
“But recently, I’d noticed that when I popped out, Darren would conveniently appear so I’d have to interact with him.”
Trying to be polite, Kelly, of Chichester, West Sussex, continued to be cordial with Cartwright.
“I got the impression that Darren had lived in the flat for a long time though and I didn’t want to get on the wrong side of my new neighbours,” she admits.
For the first six months, Kelly’s new home was everything she hoped it would be.
However, as time went on she found that things with Cartwirght became increasingly odd.
“I’d often find Darren busying himself in the hall outside his flat when I was coming or going,” Kelly says.
“But now, he began finding vague reasons to pop upstairs to mine.
“He found a small link to a bracelet or a necklace and came to my flat to ask if it was mine.
“It looked old and tattered, not like something that had been gleaming on the ground for Darren to rescue. Either way, it wasn’t mine.
“I told him it wasn’t mine and was relieved when I heard him padding back downstairs.
“The truth was, Darren gave me the creeps.”
Then a few days later, Cartwright knocked on the door once again, this time offering Kelly a houseplant he’d been growing.
“He told me he’d given one to everyone in the building so I thanked him and told him it was kind of him,” she says.
“I put the plant on the windowsill in the kitchen, it was a sweet gesture but I couldn’t shake the feeling that Darren was just fishing for any excuse to knock on my door.
“His haunting face and psycho eyes sent chills down my spine and I wished he’d just leave me in peace.
And to Kelly’s horror things began to escalate.
“He appeared at my door one day and asked me whether I wanted to be in a relationship completely out of the blue,” she says.
“I’d barely said two words to the man who was 14 years older than me and looked like a dishevelled down and out.”
But it didn’t put Cartwright off.
“He told me it would be an exclusive relationship so we couldn’t see anyone else, but it would be platonic so we wouldn’t have sex,” Kelly says.
“It was crazy. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, but Darren was deadly serious.
“I told him that it definitely wasn’t going to happen and closed the door but I had a horrible feeling this wasn’t going to be the end of it.”
And Kelly was right.
She claims that Cartwright started playing loud music downstairs and began crashing and banging around his flat.
Next, she says he began bombarding her with terrifying texts and messages on Facebook.
“He’d got my number from my next door neighbour who I’d swapped details with in case my alarm went off while I was away or at work,” she says.
“I was cross with him for giving out my details but Darren was intimidating and despite being an oddball he held a strange sway amongst the tenants.
“Darren told me I’d hurt his feelings and he wanted me to feel as bad as he did.
“It was unbelievable. Darren was behaving as if I’d jilted him after we’d been in an intense relationship and I’d had enough of the madness.”
Kelly decided to confront Cartwright.
“I’d tried being polite, it was time to change tack,” she says.
“I told him we could pretend it never happened and that we could be civil.”
But Kelly says that her pleas fell on deaf ears.
What to do if you are being stalked
By Emma Kenny, true crime physiologist
Whether the signals are subtle or glaring, trust your instincts. Keep records of suspicious incidents, inform people you trust, and don’t hesitate to reach out for professional and legal help if you believe you’re in danger.
Your safety is paramount, no one has the right to make you feel unsafe in your own life. Stalking is illegal.
If you think you are in danger or being stalked, report it to the police immediately – you have a right to feel safe in your home and workplace.
Call 999 if you or someone else is in immediate danger.
You can get advice from the National Stalking Helpline.
National Stalking Helpline
Telephone: 0808 802 0300
Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 4pm (except Wednesday 9:30am to 8pm) National Stalking Helpline
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“Darren would appear in the hallway any time I left the flat and I knew he was monitoring my movements,” she says.
“He screamed and shouted abuse at me and when I swore I could smell him, I even worried that he’d gained access to my flat.
“It all got too much and I installed a Ring doorbell camera and I told Darren to ‘just f*** off’ the next time I saw him.”
On edge, Kelly reported Cartwight’s campaign of harassment to the police.
“I showed the policeman the sinister voicemails, texts and Facebook messages Darren had sent,” she says.
“But I worried he didn’t take me seriously and it didn’t seem like there was much the police could do.
“The officer told me that stalking cases were highly unusual between people who weren’t in a relationship.
“But Darren himself had told me he thought he suffered from schizophrenia and I worried he’d deluded himself that we were in some kind of relationship.
“I felt trapped, a prisoner in my own home.”
Three months after Cartwright’s unwanted attention began, Kelly received a notification from her Ring Doorbell telling her someone was at her door.
“Staring at the image from the doorbell camera, I noticed that the first time Darren appeared he was holding a drill,” Kelly recalls.
“He sniffed around a bit before going back downstairs. My heart hammered in my chest but my relief was short lived.
“Because moments later, Darren appeared at my door again. This time, he looked directly at my camera, scoping the place and plotting his next move.”
Terrified, Kelly called the police once again. Responders told her to stay on the phone while they sent round back up.
But a visit from the police didn’t stop Cartwright, who appeared a third time at Kelly’s door.
She says: “I’d never been so scared in my life.
“He was wearing what can only be described as a serial killer outfit, complete with Halloween mask and clutching a drill.
“Thankfully, the police showed up in numbers and stormed the hallway.
“Darren claimed he hadn’t done anything wrong as he was arrested.”
Two months later, Darren Cartwright appeared at Brighton Magistrates Court where he denied stalking involving serious alarm and distress and the case was adjourned for summary trial.
He was found guilty and remanded in Lewes Prison before he was slapped with a 10-year restraining order.
But while her stalker had been put away, the horror of the events had tainted Kelly’s dream home for her.
“I was so terrified, I moved out and built a mobile home,” she says.
“I want to be able to move around if I need to and I still suffer from nightmares.
“Darren was the neighbour from hell and I don’t think I’ll ever forget the day he arrived on my doorstep dressed like something from a horror movie.
“But I’m the star of my own life and I refuse to live in fear.
“I won’t let that masked madman beat me.”
