Perth mum recalls the moment GP discovered a tumour on her spine after months of thinking she hurt her back while working out

Even with her four-year-old daughter in tow, Perth mum Karen Windsor decided she needed to find some time in her busy schedule to focus on her fitness.

After starting pilates, yoga, kick-boxing and even 10-minute at-home workouts, when Karen’s back began to ache she put it down to her new exercise regimen.

As the pain grew worse, her doctor prescribed anti-inflammatory medication and Karen also began taking sleeping tablets.

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Months and thousands of dollars spent on alternative therapies later, Karen discovered she had a 5cm tumour winding its way along her spine.

“(The doctors) thought it could have been growing for 10 to 15 years,” Karen tells 7Life.

“I have always had some sort of back pain for as long as I can remember.

“But this, it was only getting bigger, it was putting pressure on critical nerves … I needed surgery.”

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