Andrew Le Page has revealed how he was devastatingly informed by docs that he had a mind tumour when he was simply 20 years outdated.
The previous Love Island finalist, 27, informed how he was recognized with a mind tumour after his older brother Adam urged him to get a lump on his head checked.
He detailed his well being scare whereas chatting with his girlfriend Tasha Ghouri, 23, on her podcast Superpowers With Tasha, which sees her interview empowering folks.
On the podcast, Andrew detailed the ‘actually scary’ expertise of docs telling him he had a mind tumour after he found a lump on his cranium.
He informed how he hadn’t deliberate to get the lump checked, as he thought it was a part of his cranium, however did so after his brother Adam known as the physician on his behalf.
Well being scare: Andrew Le Web page has revealed how he was devastatingly informed by docs that he had a mind tumour when he was simply 20 years outdated
He mentioned: ‘So I had like a lump on my head for like a couple of years, and my brother felt it and was like “Andrew, what’s that?” and I used to be like “I do not know, I’ve had it for some time”.
‘Then and there, he known as up the physician and bought me an appointment and I had an MRI, then went again to the docs once more, and so they informed me I had this mind tumour.’
Andrew informed how he was left in tears on the devastating information, including: ‘I went again into my automotive, began crying, and actually went again to work that afternoon.
‘All of them knew I would gone to the physician’s for it, and so they had been like “how’d it go?” and I could not converse.
‘Ultimately one in every of my colleagues went to my boss and mentioned “I believe Andrew must go residence and course of this”.’
Andrew mentioned inside a couple of weeks, he had flown over to London from his native Guernsey to have the tumour eliminated as he detailed the well being scare.
He went on: ‘It was scary, actually scary. Like that is main, having a mind tumour at 20. Inside two weeks, I flew to London and had it eliminated, however on the time it was so scary, like what might have been.
‘Fortunately my brother known as the physician cos I might have left it. I assumed it was a part of my cranium, and it was huge as nicely. On the time it was so scary and I used to be crying and I could not converse to my colleagues, it was like that.
Terrifying: The previous Love Island finalist, 27, informed how he was recognized with a mind tumour after his older brother Adam urged him to get a lump checked on his head
Candid: He detailed his well being scare whereas chatting with his girlfriend Tasha Ghouri , 23, on her podcast Superpowers With Tasha, which sees her interview ’empowering folks’
‘So I bought that eliminated, inside a month of all of it occurring. Fortunately, I am all good.’
Andrew, who met his girlfriend Tasha on Love Island in 2022, admitted he by no means thought he would ever be recognized with a tumour, describing it as a ‘shut name’.
‘I used to be simply actually terrified, I used to be so scared and I did not know easy methods to inform anybody. I informed my mum and pop right away clearly and my brother,’ he defined.
‘I used to be crying and I used to be so upset like “what the hell, I am unable to consider this has now occurred at such a younger age. I assumed it will be one thing I would by no means undergo.
‘Whenever you’re younger, you at all times assume I am invincible, I will stay ceaselessly and I will have the ability to run ceaselessly and do that ceaselessly. However then at 20 I assumed that is ridiculous. Why me, you at all times assume, why me?’
Andrew admitted the well being scare made him stay his life to the fullest, saying it impressed him to pursue a profession as a private coach and transfer to Dubai.
‘From then, I used to be like I’ve simply bought to stay my life. After the surgical procedure and it was high-quality, I assumed that was a detailed name and I’ve bought to get pleasure from my life as a lot as I can now,’ he added.
‘It was robust whereas I used to be doing it, nevertheless it all labored out for the perfect.’
Elsewhere within the podcast, Andrew additionally detailed his struggles with dyslexia and informed how his hopes of being an expert hockey participant had been hampered by an damage.
He spoke to his girlfriend Tasha, who’s deaf and has a cochlear implant, about how he had induced everlasting injury to his knee, which meant he could not proceed with the game after years of coaching.
The identify of Tasha’s podcast, Superpowers with Tasha, references the previous Love Island star referring to her deafness her ‘superpower’ in inspiring feedback.
Tasha was born utterly deaf and her dad and mom discovered when she was 12 months outdated, after which she bought a cochlear implant when she was 5, having been utilizing fluent signal language as her solely approach of having the ability to talk till then.
Struggles: Andrew, who met his girlfriend Tasha (each pictured) on Love Island in 2022, mentioned he by no means thought he would ever be recognized with a tumour, describing it as a ‘shut name’
Superpower: Tasha was born utterly deaf and her dad and mom discovered when she was 12 months outdated, after which she bought a cochlear implant when she was 5
Showing on Good Morning Britain, she was lately requested how her dad and mom coped with watching her on the present attributable to her deafness and the way she was handled by others.
She mentioned: ‘For my dad and mom it was onerous, they actually needed to undergo that emotional expertise with me.
‘I do not like ableism as nicely and so they needed to cope with that… it was actually onerous to get that schooling throughout, it is actually onerous when looking for love.’
On being the primary deaf contestant, she mentioned: ‘I used to be so nervous, I used to be actually petrified. I nervous how folks will react within the villa and on the surface…
‘I used to be pondering ‘am i actually doing this now?’. My important objective was to seek out love, which I did, and to be a consultant for deaf folks.’
Gushing over her boyfriend Andrew, she added: ‘Love Island, it labored for me. Andrew’s such an excellent particular person, so fortunate to seek out somebody that accepts me for me. Good to see him adopted by the deaf group too’.
