A dad who was given just months to live after being diagnosed with multiple inoperable brain tumours after initially thinking he had Covid is defying the odds two years on. Matthew Ellis, 33, has terminal brain cancer but has outlived doctors' expectations.
Matthew, who has four children, was given the devastating news when he went to A&E with what he thought was Covid, as he was experiencing similar symptoms. Doctors told him he had as little as three to six months to live, but he battles on.
Matthew, from Netherfields in Middlesbrough, had previously been diagnosed with skin cancer in 2017 before being given the all-clear. But that cancer returned, spreading to his brain and bowel, reports TeessideLive. Sadly in recent months Matthew has seen his condition worsen considerably
