In the summer of 2020, the country was in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and Michael Rose was expecting his first child.
So, when he lost two and a half stone and had trouble staying awake past 9pm, he put it down to the stresses of preparing for a baby and the uncertainty of life at that time.
Later that year during a family holiday, the then 29-year-old began experiencing blurred vision and booked himself in for an opticians appointment as soon as he arrived back to his home in Sale.
