'When David came out of surgery, he was no longer David'
A Co Down woman has spoken of their family's heartache after her husband was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
"Prior to this, his personality had changed significantly; he was usually very easy going but he became grumpy and got stressed out easily. Ten days later, David had another MRI scan which revealed the tumour had doubled in size, filling his left frontal lobe. On August 7, surgeons at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast managed to remove 75% of the tumour."They took the tumour, but they also took David. He was dead behind the eyes, like they had taken his soul. In December, David underwent radiotherapy and chemotherapy but the aggressive treatments left him feeling exhausted and he lost weight due to a poor appetite.
“It’s really tough. Josh and I do all of David’s personal care, but what 14-year-old boy wants to have to wash their dad and change their compression stockings?” Matthew Price, community development manager at Brain Tumour Research said: “We’re really grateful to Helen for taking part in the Walk of Hope, as it’s only with the support of people like her that we’re able to progress our research into brain tumours and improve the outcome for patients like David who are forced to fight this awful disease.
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