A mum who thought she had "baby brain" was told she had herpes before dying from an aggressive cancer - just six months later. Alan Johnstone, 38, lost his wife, Anneka, 33, on November 18, 2019, just six months after she was diagnosed with a glioblastoma - an aggressive type of cancer that occurs in the brain or spinal cord.
Alan met his "childhood sweetheart" when he was 18 and they later married in 2015. Anneka gave birth to their daughter, Sienna, now four, in 2018.
Alan says new mum Anneka was suffering with spells of dizziness but put it down to "baby brain" - until she fell while holding her daughter Sienna, then six months old. Anneka was rushed to hospital in June 2019, after she began dragging her feet, and the pair were told she had herpes simplex virus and she was given antibiotics.
