HISTORICAL FACTS: 9 | History Defined

Father dies after stage four brain tumour was misdiagnosed as sleep apnoea

The teacher is survived by his wife and two-year-old daughter

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022

New dad dies after brain tumour was misdiagnosed as sleep apnoea and migraines

Teacher and musician James Lamerton, 40, sadly died in November last year after he was found to have brain tumour in his pineal gland - later identified as fatal grade four glioblastoma

Daily Mirror · Aug 22, 2022

Leeds man says boss calling out his strange behaviour saved his life

Matt Schlag went for a scan after his boss told him he was acting strangely

Leeds Live · Aug 17, 2022

Boss calls out trainee teacher's 'strange' behaviour - and unwittingly saves his life

Matt Schlag started suffering splitting headaches and began getting lost at school, but it wasn't until his boss called out his behaviour that he eventually learned what was causing it

Daily Mirror · Aug 15, 2022

Woman to run three marathons in a row in memory of father who died from brain cancer

Lianne Jackson is attempting the feat in memory of her father who died from a type of brain cancer called a glioblastoma

Wales Online · Aug 6, 2022

Family noticed their dad 'wasn't right' on Portugal holiday - three months later he died

“Dad encouraged me and Luke to live our lives to the fullest and didn’t want us to see him ill."

Manchester Evening News · Aug 5, 2022

Asda worker who mistook symptoms as stress handed devastating diagnosis

Helen Green was referred for an MRI scan at Walsall Manor Hospital, which showed a 6cm tumour growing on the left temporal lobe of her brain

Daily Mirror · Aug 1, 2022

Asda worker given shocking diagnosis after thinking scary symptom was due to Covid stress

Helen Green suffered with the episodes for two months before building up the courage to go to the doctors

Wales Online · Aug 1, 2022

Woman given devastating diagnosis after going for routine eye test at Specsavers

Susan Hetherington made an appointment for an eye test at Specsavers after experiencing blurry vision and ended up having surgery to remove a meningioma brain tumour

Daily Mirror · Jul 24, 2022

Woman says Specsavers saved her life after experts found brain tumour

Days after the eye test Susan was undergoing life-saving brain surgery

Wales Online · Jul 23, 2022