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Lorna Hughes & Andrew Nuttall

Dad's week-long 'hangover' headache was inoperable brain tumour

A man with a headache from a 'hangover' was later diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. Mark Brandish initially laughed off the pain in his head as a sign he was unable to "handle his gin" any more.

However his condition deteriorated rapidly after he first complained of a headache in April 2021. In early June doctors found the 52-year-old had glioblastoma.

The illness is the same condition The Wanted singer Tom Parker, who sadly died earlier this year aged 33, was diagnosed with. Mark's wife Felicity said the diagnosis also followed unusual personality changes, North Wales Live reports.

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