Married couple’s heartache as each identified with tumours simply months aside

A married couple have been dealt a double blow of horrendous luck – as each of them are coming to phrases with the impacts of devastating mind tumours.

Colin, 59, and Anita Jamieson, 45, from Emberton in Buckinghamshire, say they’ve discovered to “accept” the illness after each being identified simply months aside.

Mr Jamieson was the primary to be informed he was struggling with two tumours in July 2018 after affected by complications, violent illness, and tiredness for at the very least three years.

Only 14 months later, his spouse was informed she too had the identical. Upon studying about her personal situation, Ms Jamieson stated: “At first I was shocked, really scared for our daughter and extremely angry.

“It appeared so unfair that Colin and I might each be affected by this illness, however I’ve now discovered to just accept it.”

‘My husband is very different from the man I knew’ 

Ms Jamieson explained her husband had impaired hearing and was being monitored with regular scans, having undergone multiple operations and radiotherapy.

She explained his condition: “Colin’s reminiscence is horrific, and he has bother processing issues on account of his mind tumours. He used to run his personal transport firm, which we had been pressured to close, and had a few associated jobs however, after recovering from surgical procedure, it turned obvious he was unable to course of data.”

She revealed his personality is changing because of “every thing he’s been by means of.”

“He was all the time fairly easy-going however he now will get indignant… Colin’s nonetheless loving and sort, however very completely different to the person I knew earlier than.”

The couple are backing Brain Tumour Research’s campaign, which has been calling on the government to ring-fence £110m of current and new funding towards the national investment in research.

They want the charity’s petition which aims to increase research funding, to reach 100,000 signatures in the hope of prompting a parliamentary debate.

According to Brain Tumour Research, brain tumours kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer.

Charlie Allsebrook, community development manager for Brain Tumour Research, said: “Colin and Anita’s tales are a stark reminder of the indiscriminate nature of this illness, which may have an effect on anybody at any time.”