I'm writing this a few hours after losing another family member to cancer so forgive me if this isn't the usual topical rant that you've become used to reading.
My cousin was just 44 years old. He leaves four children and two grandchildren. He found out he had cancer when his GP referred him to hospital after getting blackouts a few years ago. The cause for the blackouts was a brain tumour. They operated and got out what they could. He then went through chemotherapy for a while and eventually then gave him the all clear. We all felt better. His condition worsened a few months ago and as a result we feared he’d had a minor stroke but we were told that his medication had caused that. Seems now that they were wrong on that one. Why am I telling yo...
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