A WOMAN suffering from inoperable brain cancer may soon be homeless if council staff cannot find her a suitable home.

Janet George has until the end of this month to leave her rented Lower Wick home after her private landlord decided to sell the property.

However, despite having little mobility, she has been told that she and her two teenage children may have to move to a bed and breakfast and join the housing list.

Mrs George, aged 54, said: “I just want to be asleep all the time. I’m very tired.

“My mobility is almost non-existent, my right side is affected and I really can’t get around.

“We went to the council, thinking it’s extenuating circumstances, only to be told ‘you’ve got to go on the list’.

“In my current circumstances I just could not cope with going into a bed and breakfast.

“It’s stressing me out enough as it is. I’ve had no sleep.”

Mrs George, who has lived in the house in Columbia Drive for four years, was diagnosed with breast cancer 12 months ago and told the cancer had spread to her brain in July.

She said: “I found a lump in my neck. I went through chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

“It was all going quite well but I started losing the feeling in my right-hand side, my foot and ankle and that’s when they discovered it had spread.”

Doctors told her they could not operate so she has undergone further radiotherapy to try and shrink the tumour and improve her quality of life.

She currently has to sleep on the sofa and use a commode because she cannot get upstairs and is concerned temporary accommodation will cause similar problems.

She is also worried about the future of two of her children Ben, aged 17, and Tanya, aged 15, who live with her and are both in full-time education.

She said: “I’ve got two dependant children and I’m thinking where’s that going to leave them? I’m trying not to be morbid about it but I’ve got to think practically. At least if the kids are safe and secure it will make me better able to cope.”

Her husband Paul, aged 51, is unable to work as he suffers from depression and mental health problems. Mrs George said council staff initially said she would be prioritised.

A spokesman for Worcester City Council said: “We are very sympathetic towards Mrs George’s situation.

“We have already done a home visit to the family to discuss their housing situation and given information on all of their housing options.

“We met with them again on Thursday afternoon and are working together with Worcester Community Housing group to ensure they are moved to suitable accommodation as soon as it becomes available.”