A father-of-three received a heart breaking diagnosis just weeks after he started suffering with stomach pain and was left struggling to eat after complaining his food 'didn't taste right'. Peter Murphy, from Burnage has been told he has only months left to live after doctors discovered he had stomach cancer last week.
The following day, the mechanic was rushed to hospital to undergo life-saving surgery after his tumour perforated, the M.E.N reports. Mr Murphy, 55 survived the operation but doctors sadly informed his loved ones that he was now terminally ill as the cancer had spread to his liver and behind his stomach.
His devastated daughter, Sarah said that she and her family are all struggling to cope with her father's diagnosis after doctors told them there is 'nothing they can do'. She said: "It's been the most traumatic week ever. We're all in shock.