'If my journey can help one person have a better perspective or think of their situation differently, that’s the reason I’m doing it,' she told TODAY.
In 2019 when Robins woke with a swollen eye and eyelid she and her doctor first suspected her cat was making Robins' allergies more severe.
That eye started tearing. Her eye doctor originally thought Robins had dry eyes and she started using drops. When she visited her doctor for her monthly allergy shot she asked if there was anything stronger to stop the tearing in her one eye. To remove Monica Robins' tumor doctors performed a craniotomy that required more than 50 staples and titanium plates to rebuild her head.At her doctor’s recommendation, Robins made an appointment with an ocular plastic surgeon, who diagnosed her with ocular Graves’ disease.
The doctor wanted her to undergo a CT scan to confirm the diagnosis. A brain tumor could also cause such symptoms.“I am thinking, ‘Great, I either have an untreatable thyroid disorder or I have a brain tumor,’” she said.
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