A man who was given five years to live after being diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour has outlived his prognosis by two years and is now planning to run the London Marathon for charity. Matthew Stride was just 26 when he was diagnosed with an incurable grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma in 2015 – a rare malignant brain tumour.
The client success specialist, who is now 33, said the news was “devastating”. Matthew said: “To get a prognosis of five to six years was crushing.
“You have these plans for your future and you’re thinking about what you want in life, and you never really think you’re going to be given five or six years to live.” But, having outlived “the dreaded prognosis” by two years, Matthew has found love with his now wife, Amy, and hopes to have children one day.
