Joel Rush was healthy father-of-two, enjoying keeping fit by mountain biking in his spare time. But after one bike ride in August of last year, everything changed and what doctors discovered would alter his life beyond measure - the same illness that killed The Wanted singer Tom Parker at just 33.
Suddenly, Joel lost his concentration 'like he was daydreaming'. He crashed his mountain bike and just two weeks later, he began to feel numbness down the whole of his left side.
Worried about the frightening changes, Joel went to A&E - CT and MRI scans did not indicate any kind of brain tumour. Instead, the dad from Denton was treated for a stoke.
