A READING resident who was told by doctors she might have Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has been diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Healer and psychic Samantha Laws, 47, lives in Spencer Wood and is also the partner of Clive Young, a member of the Reading Chronicle’s advertising team.

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Samantha explained she was experiencing headaches, breathlessness, and confusion back in March and in April she said it “felt like part of my face was going numb and hands going dead”.

The hospital said it was nothing, but Samantha went to see a neurologist who revealed she might have MS.

After visiting an MS specialist in London, she was told she had a brain tumour about three weeks ago.

Due to the current pandemic, Samantha was told the news over the phone.

She said she has a tumour on the right-hand side of the brain which is causing a blockage in the middle of her brain.

She revealed: “I’m just in shock.”

But added she is “more concerned” about her son, Ashton, who is 16 years old.

Samantha has had two near death experiences in her life when she was 17 years old and 21 years old.

She said her ability as a healer and psychic grew after this and now this is her “passion”.

Since hearing the news of her tumour, Samantha’s family is rallying around her to try and raise £100,000 for operations to try and remove it.

So far, the Just Giving page has raised £2,162 at the time of writing.

Samantha’s partner Clive - who is an ex Royal Engineer - has been “astonished” by people’s initial response to the fundraiser.

He said: “I recently posted on a Facebook group page, which has a few ex colleagues on there from the time I actively served.

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“Both Sam and I are astonished by the initial response from the link to her Just Giving page, especially as I haven’t spoken to some of them in years.

“I felt amazingly proud and touched by the actions of my Royal Engineer brothers who have donated money during these uncertain times.”

He added: “Samantha always messages back however much the amount is as every small donation can make a massive difference.

“So please donate if you can and together, we can help beat this.”

Samantha said she is feeling “exhausted” and is experiencing “head pain like a pressure all the time”.

She added she can’t eat properly, and stress is also not helping the situation.

She wants to raise awareness of her story so let people see that “there are other things going on other than Covid” and “life doesn’t stop”.

Please visit Sam’s fundraising page here if you would like to donate.