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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paige Oldfield

Dad-of-two given just 12 months to live after complaining of headache

A dad-of-two whose headaches turned out to be brain cancer could have just 12 months left to live.

Mark Hampson first fell unwell while watching a boxing match in February last year. The 49-year-old had suffered a bad headache for several days and began struggling to talk.

His 21-year-old son Jake persuaded him to go to Wythenshawe Hospital as his family knew something “wasn’t right”. Following a scan, Mark was given some earth-shattering news – he had cancer and it was terminal.

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