{"id":29839,"date":"2022-03-25T17:32:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=29839"},"modified":"2022-03-25T17:43:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:43:01","slug":"the-22-year-old-brain-haemorrhage-survivor-running-the-cardiff-half-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/the-22-year-old-brain-haemorrhage-survivor-running-the-cardiff-half-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"The 22-year-old brain haemorrhage survivor running the Cardiff half-marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the age of 21 Lois Bryan was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain haemorrhage – but she was lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One year later – after six hours of brain surgery – she\u2019s running the Cardiff half-marathon to raise money for the centre she was treated at. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI got a diagnosis and it\u2019s kind of just stripped me back to like no strength, really weak, back to like nothing,” said Lois, who had surgery last March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’ve got my last check-up in two weeks and then hopefully I get discharged.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A brain haemorrhage is caused by bleeding on the surface of the brain and can occur with no warning<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most cases take place in people aged between 45 and 70, but they can occur at any age. Treatment has improved in recent years however survivors can still be left with long-term problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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