When a young HGV driver from Warrington, Cheshire, first began feeling groggy with a runny nose, he dismissed it as a bout of flu. It was Bonfire Night in 2022, and at just 23 years old, he was fit, active, and training for a triathlon. A Covid test came back negative, reinforcing his belief that he would soon recover. Instead, his condition steadily worsened. Weeks passed, and he struggled to keep food down while enduring excruciating headaches that disrupted his daily life.
Concerned by the persistence of his symptoms, his GP referred him to Warrington Hospital, where doctors initially suspected meningitis. A CT scan told a different story, revealing a mass on his brain. He was urgently transferred to one of the centres in Liverpool, a specialist neurology hospital. Further scans showed that a tumor was blocking the flow of cerebrospinal fluid between his brain and spine, causing…
