A brave Scots teen who was found to have a brain tumour the size of an orange wrote her surgeon a note telling him it wasn’t his fault if she died.
14.03.2022 - 21:43 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots man who has been told he has just 'months' to live is to share his touching story in a new BBC film about his terminal brain tumour.
Gordon Shaw, a 41-year-old cancer patient from Leith in Edinburgh, first noticed something was wrong in 2012 and was later diagnosed with astrocytoma - a tumour that can grow slowly but can also be very aggressive.
But just a few months ago the comic book artist was given a dire prognosis by medics that they don't expect to have much more time left now that he has an aggressive tumour with no treatment options available.
The moment has been captured in Long Live My Happy Head which documents Gordon's journey with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and his long-distance relationship with Shawn, an American man he met in June 2017.
Gordon, who is raising awareness with the Brain Tumour Research charity, said: “It’s amazing to have my story told in this film.
"It’s very touching, but it’s also an unexpectedly uplifting love story about me - a Scottish comic book artist with a brain tumour who uses art to communicate my experience of cancer.
“When I heard the tumour had become a GBM my dearest wish was to survive to be able to see the film premiere of Long Live My Happy Head which highlights the most difficult time of my life.
"It looks like I am going to make it!”
Gordon was living in London when he had a seizure at a friend's house in Autumn 2012.
“It took him a while to realise I wasn’t OK as I couldn’t explain what was happening. Just a few minutes later I had another seizure which lasted longer," he explained.
“My friend phoned for an ambulance, and I was taken to Accident and Emergency at the Homerton University Hospital in Hackney, where I had yet another seizure.”
Gordon had a CAT scan
A brave Scots teen who was found to have a brain tumour the size of an orange wrote her surgeon a note telling him it wasn’t his fault if she died.
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