A trainee teacher who received a devastating brain tumour diagnosis has said his boss saved his life after they called out his “strange” behaviour. Dad-of-two Matt Schlag initially realised something was wrong during his primary school teacher training when he began developing migraines.
His then boss at GORSE Academies Trust brought up Matt’s strange behaviour, including poor timekeeping and getting confused mid-conversation with him. As well as that, he was even getting lost around the school.
This led to the 43-year-old going to his local hospital where he was diagnosed with an anaplastic astrocytoma brain tumour in October 2019. He believes his boss therefore unwittingly saved his life.
