Mom diagnosed with incurable brain tumor after believing she had early dementia: The most devastating thing

A mom has told how she thought she had early-onset dementia — but it turned out to be brain cancer.Tracy Kehoe, 57, found herself forgetting she had already completed tasks or conversations, as well as repeating herself, in the spring of 2025.The concerned mom-of-two, from Salford, Greater Manchester, decided to visit the doctors, worried she might be suffering from early-onset dementia.She was sent to Fairfield General Hospital in Bury, Greater Manchester, for what she believed was a routine MRI scan, but was shocked to find out she had a tumor inside her brain.Following tests, Tracy was diagnosed with a stage four Glioblastoma — an aggressively growing cancer — and was given between six and 18 months to live.After a debulking operation in August 2025, the school business manager completed radiotherapy and is currently undergoing chemotherapy to control the disease.Tracy said, “It’s the most devastating thing that’s ever happened in our entire world.“It absolutely floored us because I’m well.I’ve always been well; I have never really been ill.“My sister noticed I had been repeating myself and forgetting conversations which is not like me at all.“A colleague at work noticed as well, saying she noticed I couldn’t remember if I had made phone calls or added an amount of money up or something similar.“When they told me I had cancer my whole life flashed in front of me, and the fact that we had all our retirement plans.“We were looking to do long-haul holidays and all these things that my husband and I have worked for all our lives.“I planned to have a wonderful retirement and then to have that taken away from you, to be told that it could actually be anywhere between six and 18 months.“That is not what we had planned.”Her symptoms of forgetfulness began in March 2025.

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