2023-11-13 18:53:00
Matthew Collins, a Welshman from Swansea, experienced what we call a descent into hell in the space of a few months. The man, complaining of severe headaches, went to the emergency room and was prescribed analgesic medication to temporarily relieve his pain. A few days later, the situation did not improve and even worse, Matthew began to have epileptic seizures, says The Mirror.
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In one weekend, the man suffered no less than 2 tonic-clonic attacks, which causes a total stiffening of the muscles which can lead to serious heart problems. Admitted to intensive care, the man subsequently spent a short stay in hospital but the hospital staff let him leave after carrying out only a simple scan. The waiting times to have an MRI and see in depth what the man was suffering from was a year.
The symptoms unfortunately only got worse for the man from Swansea who suffered a stroke. The man escaped with serious after-effects: he is now unable to move the entire left part of his body and has great difficulty speaking.
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Matthew Collins entered a stroke rehabilitation center on August 30 and was released two weeks later without having had an MRI. At the end of September, Matthew, still complaining of headaches, returned to the hospital and the doctors finally gave him an MRI to “reassure” him.
Unfortunately, the bad news came and doctors finally diagnosed him with glioblastoma. This extremely rare brain tumor is very violent and leaves only 12 to 18 months of life expectancy once the diagnosis is made. The man is very grateful to his girlfriend Claire who pushed him to return to the hospital and order the doctors to perform an MRI: “Without her I would probably have died already due to the amount of swelling and the pressure they found in my head. I don’t know exactly how much time I will have left, or how healthy I will be as the cancer eats away at my body. It will eventually invade the part of my brain that controls my vital organs and shut them down. »
The only hope for Matthew Collins now lies in a £250,000 treatment aimed at killing the tumors. The Welshman launched a Crowdfunding page to raise as much money as possible and has already been able to raise more than £80,000.
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