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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Barry

Mum who thought she had ‘baby brain’ died of aggressive cancer six months later

Courtesy Alan Johnstone / SWNS

A mother 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.

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