Mum given year to live is cancer free after ditching conventional treatment

Mum given year to live is cancer free after ditching conventional treatmentKimberly was told her aggressive brain cancer was incurableCommentsNewsNeil Shaw Assistant Editor (Money and Lifestyle)09:48, 23 Apr 2026Updated 09:48, 23 Apr 2026View 7 ImagesKimberly Pelling was told she had a year toi liveA mum who was told she had only a year to live after being diagnosed with aggressive terminal brain cancer has revealed she is now cancer-free. Kimberly, 42, started having seizures in August 2022, just four months after giving birth.‌Doctors found a brain tumour, later confirmed as grade-four IDH-mutant anaplastic astrocytoma, an aggressive and typically incurable cancer. “I remember hearing the words and feeling like the ground disappeared beneath me,” said Kimberly.‌“They were talking about timelines, and all I could think was, ‘I have babies at home. I can’t leave them’. “I went from being a busy mum planning our future to suddenly fighting for my life. Nothing prepares you for that moment.”‌View 7 Images Kimberly's tumourA teacher, keen runner and mum of two boys, Raymond, now five, and Barrett, now four, Kimberley immediately began standard treatment, undergoing major brain surgery followed by five weeks of radiation and months of chemotherapy in a desperate bid to survive.‌Eight months later, scans revealed a new fast-growing, inoperable tumour, and doctors delivered the heartbreaking prognosis that she probably had around a year to live, with one specialist suggesting she might survive no more than three years. “It was devastating,” said Kimberly.“But at the same time, I felt this quiet voice telling me not to give up. I believed God still had a plan for me, even when everything looked impossible.”Before her diagnosis, she had experienced sudden unexplained seizures that led to an emergency hospital visit, alongside extreme fatigue, persistent brain fog and neurological changes affecting daily life. It was during tests following those seizures that doctors di...