A diffuse midline glioma can cause problems with balance, speech and vision. READ MORE:When Ella Pick struggled to keep up with her friends during a girls' holiday in Zante because she felt ill, she blamed her hangover.
Miss Pick said: 'Everything kind of started when I went away with my girls to Zante for a holiday. It was amazing.'Then I didn't exactly feel ill, I just didn't feel myself. I wasn't drinking as much or going out as much. What is a DIPG, or diffuse midline glioma? Also called DIPGs, diffuse midline gliomas are the second most common type of primary high grade brain tumour in children.They grow in the midline between the two halves of the brain.Symptoms include:Advertisement 'Then my left eye drifted inwards towards the middle of my face. I went for an eye test and they referred me to the hospital and said it was 'major concern'.
She said she feels 'numb' since her prognosis and wants to make as many memories with her friends and family as possible with whatever time she has left.'Everyone else around me is hurting more than I am.'