'Inspirational' dad with terminal diagnosis told to 'keep fighting'

ECHO readers said a man who has fought a life-threatening condition has "given them hope for the future."

Dave Bolton was 33 when he was rushed to hospital after having a 15 minute nocturnal seizure, and was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The dad-of-two underwent surgery to remove the tennis ball sized tumour at the Walton Centre and had to take medical retirement from his job as a detective sergeant for Merseyside Police.

But things went from bad to worse for Dave, when the results of a routine brain scan the following year showed the tumour had not only returned but had become a Glioblastoma Multiforme (GMB). Glioblastoma Multiforme is a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumour with a devastatingly short survival time of just 12-18 months.