Michael Burmester is a Pretoria-based businessman who runs his own company that constructs power lines for heavy power generation. He learned his trade at the gold mines in Evander and later went to work for Eskom, which he left in 1990 to start his own power business. During this time, he was exposed to significant […]
Monica Singer was diagnosed with a meningioma in 2012. “I could not believe that the meningioma was so big. I had been suffering with vertigo and dizziness for about a year, but I could not believe I had not really noticed it. Because I travelled a lot, I thought it could be jet lag or
“One morning, I woke up and I couldn’t hear in my right ear anymore. I went to the GP, and then to an ear, nose and throat specialist, and at first, they could not diagnose what was wrong. Eventually, I was sent for an MRI and the scan identified a tumour growing on a nerve
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Melanie Thomson who hails from Johannesburg suffered with trigeminal neuralgia for about eight years. She experienced headaches and ‘spikes’ of severe pain through the jaw, cheek, and head. “The pain can come on suddenly, for example when I brushed my teeth, or when talking or laughing. My mouth went numb, and I couldn’t eat properly.
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