Guy Opperman MP news: ‘The Budget nearly killed me’
Eleven years ago, Hexham MP, Guy Opperman collapsed suddenly in the House of Commons.
Guy Opperman started suffering from blinding headaches and poor vision, which he put it down to stress.
But within hours the MP for Hexham was rushed to hospital after collapsing at the House of Commons in 2011.
Medics found he was suffering from an undiagnosed brain tumour and feared that even if he lived, he might lose his speech, his eyesight or be paralysed.
Mr Opperman fully recovered and returned to Westminster following surgery and a long period of physiotherapy and rehabilitation.
Having survived and raised tens of thousands of pounds for charity, the MP has met with the Health Secretary during Brain Tumour Awareness Month to make the case for improving awareness of brain tumours and their symptoms.
This Friday, 25th March marks Wear a Hat Day – a nationally important fundraising and awareness event that people all across the UK (and beyond!) support every year.
Guy Opperman MP said:
‘I had a productive meeting with Sajid Javid to discuss Brain Tumour Awareness Month
This is an issue very close to my heart, after my own diagnosis in 2011. Early diagnosis and world leading research are absolutely key to survival.
Not everyone on my ward made it, and the experience on an NHS brain tumour ward at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery changed me forever, as well as curing me.
I am proud to keep fundraising and helping brain tumour patients and specialists.’