GIRL WHO JUST KEEPS GROWING; Rare condition hits Tanya.

Byline: ADRIAN SHAW 

AT the age of 30, with a height of 6ft 6in and a weight of 34st, Tanya Angus is a grown woman.

Her problem, though, is she still isn't fully grown.

Since she was 18, a medical condition has seen her shoot up 10in and doctors say it is so rare there is nothing they can do to stop her growing...

and growing...and growing. Tanya, of Nevada, US, suffers a form of gigantism known as acromeglia, which cannot be halted by medication.

"I'll stay hopeful," she said, even though she looks destined for the record books as the world's tallest woman.

"Without hope you have nothing. I hope one day they stop me growing so I can live normally." Tanya noticed she was growing at a fast rate in her teens. She was given antidepressants by doc-torwho felt she was an attention-seeker but finally her GP referred her to a specialist.

A scan showed a brain tumour the size of a grapefruit, causing overproduction of the growth hormone.

Doctors operated to remove the tumour but have never been able to eradicate the growth hormone fully.

Tanya is now mostly confined to a wheelchair, having suffered a stroke. She said: "I want people to know why I'm this way, so they can treat me as a real person at last."

According to Guinness World Records, the tallest woman in the world was Sandy Allen, 53, of Indianapolis, who was 7ft 7in when she died last August.

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BEFORE Tanya the beach beauty at 18 BIG PROBLEM Tanya, sister Susie, left, and mum Karen