Woman diagnosed with brain tumour starts walking challenge

A woman from Surrey who temporarily lost the ability to walk because of a brain tumour is taking on a month-long walking challenge to mark more than a decade since she was diagnosed.

At 18 years old, Lauren Papadopoulos Green, from Ashford, was given a 5% chance of survival after doctors told her she had a schwannoma tumour.

Nearly 12 years on, she is aiming to walk 10,000 steps a day throughout February to raise money for charity.

Ms Papadopoulos Green, 29, said: “There was a time I never thought I’d be in this position, let alone be able to walk again, so to be walking every day for around two hours each day feels like a great way to commemorate when my brain tumour journey began.”