A dad-of-two who was given just five years to live at the age of 32 has revealed his early symptoms, including ‘flushing’ to his face and body. Craig Speirs, from Elderslie, near Paisley, thought that his ‘life was over’ when he got the diagnosis of liver cancer.
As well as the flushing, Craig initially had issues with needing the toilet between 10 and 15 times a day and getting regular heart palpitations. It was five years before doctors finally diagnosed cancer - when he was 32.
Initially he was told he potentially only had five years to live, but Craig, now 42, has defied the predictions but is having to live with extensive cancer. Craig was diagnosed with Neuroendocrine cancer, a rare cancer which can start in different parts of the body. It was in the rectum where Craig’s cancer had started and he now has ‘hundreds of tumours’ on his liver too.
