A daily nap and careful budgeting of my time and effort help with the fatigue.

Adjustments to anti-seizure medication have minimised the frequency and severity of any fits.

It has taken time, trial and error to get that right.

In December last year I had a very big seizure which put me in intensive care.

A medically-induced coma was the only way doctors could make it stop.

When I came round I felt extremely lucky to be alive – but the euphoria I had experienced after brain surgery was absent.

This time, I felt as if I had only narrowly escaped death.

It had all been a bit too close for comfort. I was very emotional.

This was, and remains, the lowest point in my experience of living with brain cancer.

But I bounced back and further tweaks to my epilepsy drugs gave me enough confidence to return to the hills I love so much.