Consultant for severe headaches and speech problems, a 53 -year -old man heard he was pretending by his doctor. The exams later revealed that he suffered from very aggressive brain cancer.
- A 53 -year -old man consulted his doctor for severe headache and speech problems.
- The general practitioner assured him that the symptoms were linked to stress and even implied that he pretended.
- The exams revealed that he had a brain tumor.
In October 2010, when he was 53 years old, Stephen Blakeston began to have severe migraines and stop on certain words when he spoke. Worried, he decided to consult his doctor. But the latter did not take these symptoms seriously.
The doctor assures that the symptoms are not serious
A huge headache, difficulty in speaking, confusion in speech and anxiety … Here are the symptoms that led the Briton and his relatives to urgently consult the family doctor. His daughter Hollie Rhodes remembers the pages of Daily Mail of this meeting: “I couldn’t believe it when we consulted the general practitioner, he dismissed his symptoms as being linked to stress and even said he was pretending. Something I know, my father would not do.”
The Cinquantenaire Health State did not work after the meeting with the general practitioner. He was then at the hospital to make a scanner, several weeks later. The good diagnosis could finally be made: he suffered from a high -grade glioblastoma, one of the most deadly brain tumors.
Glioblastome: he died of a complication of treatment
After the diagnosis of brain cancer arrived, an operation was quickly scheduled to try to save the life of Stephen Blakeston. Radiation therapy and chemotherapy then followed. If the prognosis with a glioblastoma is rather dark, the treatment showed positive signs in the British. The tumor no longer enlarged.
Unfortunately, in July 2011, nine months after consultation with the general practitioner, he collapsed at his home. A blood clot, linked to treatment, has reached his heart. Since his death, his family has been working to raise funds for research and raise awareness about this brain cancer whose most frequent symptoms are:
- headaches;
- nausea and vomiting;
- vision disorders: double vision, decrease in visual acuity…;
- Neurological deficits: weakness on one side of the body, asymmetry of the face, electrical discharges on one side of the body, a decrease in sensitivity on one side of the body…;
- language disorders: expression difficulties, lack of the word, understanding difficulties, inconsistent words, difficulties in reading or writing;
- epilepsy attacks.
