{"id":51349,"date":"2025-04-26T05:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T05:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/51349\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T05:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T05:44:09","slug":"wonder-woman-thanks-medics-for-life-changing-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/51349\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wonder Woman\u2019 thanks medics for life-changing surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tina Rushton, who is a catering assistant based at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield, had life-changing neurosurgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital\u00a0<\/a>10 years ago.<\/p>\n

\"GoodGood Hope Hospital catering assistant Tina Rushton. PIC: Good Hope Hospital<\/p>\n

And such was the speed of the grandmother of two\u2019s recovery, she was even dubbed \u2018Wonder Woman\u2019 by her doctors.<\/p>\n

The surgery also influenced her choice in working for the NHS as she wanted to give something back for what they gave her.<\/p>\n

She was reminded of her treatment following the second series of TV ratings smash \u2018Surgeons: A Matter of Life or Death\u2019 which was aired on Channel 5 earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The season was set in University Hospitals Birmingham<\/a> and brought back memories of her own \u2018miracle\u2019 surgery.<\/p>\n

Already living with pain, fatigue and facial swelling caused by fibrosis dysplasia, Tina was found to have a 5cm tumour within her meninges, the layers of tissue which protect the brain, which left untreated would leave her paralysed.<\/p>\n

She went under the knife in 2015, with skilful neurosurgeons carefully removing the tumour via keyhole surgery.<\/p>\n

Amazingly, Tina was awake and playing with her granddaughter on the ward less than two hours later.<\/p>\n

Tina, who lives in Perry Barr, said: \u201cI am still amazed at how the surgeons can distinguish one layer of brain tissue from another during the operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce of out theatre, the doctors called me Wonder Woman as they couldn\u2019t believe how quickly I recovered.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess I don\u2019t stop and I always try to move forward with life \u2013 within 10 months of my operation, I was working at Good Hope!\u201d<\/p>\n

Having her operation proved to be a turning point for Tina, who was a mature student studying forensic science at the University of Wolverhampton at the time.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cI wanted to give something back to the NHS, and make a little bit of a difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2016, I saw a catering job advertised and with my previous career as a dinner lady, I thought it was the perfect opportunity for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have 40 per cent deficiency down my left side, but I have found ways to compensate and make things work for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

When she\u2019s not working in the coffee shops in the Emergency Department or the Richard Salt Unit, Tina loves spending time reading, being with her family, and going on sunny holidays.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI love my job as it\u2019s my way of contributing \u2013 even if it\u2019s just a coffee and a smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the pandemic, I worked on the wards at Good Hope delivering inpatient meals which was quite a scary experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow I\u2019m back in the caf\u00e9 and I enjoy empathising with our customers; they tell you their problems and you build relationships with them, especially<\/p>\n

patients and visitors who have been at the hospital a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, as a message to the surgeons who gave her a new lease of life, she said: \u201cThank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me the rest of my life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had complete confidence in your skills, and I will always be grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tina Rushton, who is a catering assistant based at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield, had life-changing neurosurgery…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,105,8823,379,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-51349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-ldrs","14":"tag-local-hubs","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}