Cork woman writes moving memoir about brain tumour

'It was like a horror film,' reveals Katie B McGrath, as she urges people to get any pain checked out - 'Don't take the same chance as me'
Katie McGrath: Author of 'Heads or Tales: Surviving a Brain Tumour.' Picture: Emma Jervis

Katie McGrath: Author of 'Heads or Tales: Surviving a Brain Tumour.' Picture: Emma Jervis

Cork woman Katie B McGrath has opened up about her brain tumour diagnosis in a moving memoir that she hopes can provide comfort to others in similar situations.

In 2015, at the age of 36, Katie’s life turned upside down when she discovered she had a tumour on her brain that had been growing since birth.

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