Neil Matherson, from Dundee in Scotland, was having such severe headaches he passed out – an eye test at Specsavers Opticians led to an MRI scan which uncovered an aggressive brain tumour
A dad with an incurable brain tumour has been given six months to live – after treatment was postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Neil Matherson, 36, was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) after an optician spotted an abnormality in 2018 and sent him to hospital.
In May it was found the tumour had spread to the back of his brain.
The dad-of-one was told he needed to choose between going ahead with treatment and risking contracting coronavirus, or waiting until the infection rate had dropped.
He and his wife are desperate for an alternative treatment that will give the family more time together after the devastating diagnosis.
Neil, from Dundee in Scotland, and his family are fundraising after finding a clinic in London which could include him in a clinical trial.
