Man tragically given two years to live after surviving two cancer diagnosis'
02.04.2022 - 19:03
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A brave man who was twice warned he was close to death by doctors and survived a shocking cancer diagnosis has now been given ‘about two years left to live’.
Danny de Brabander has repeatedly fought for his life after battling cancer, heart problems and sepsis over the last three years.
The 41-year-old’s family were called to say their last goodbyes in March 2019 after a tear in his bowel - caused during a cancer operation - saw him develop the life-threatening infection.
But he defied the odds and survived only to discover his Grade 4 bowel cancer had spread to his stomach lining, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Medics gave him a six month life expectancy which was proved wrong when he was declared disease free in May 2021, but unfortunately the cancer has now returned.
Danny, who has now been told he has 'about two years' left with his family, isn't focused on the doctor's predictions.
He said: "Someone once told my family that I wouldn't make the evening. I was told I wouldn't make it six months but I'm still here three years down the line.
"Those estimates are just a number for me at this point. They don't mean anything and they're there to be proven wrong, really."
Instead, he said he is going to focus on his fundraising work, which he has been using to keep his mind 'occupied' through the hospital appointments and the worry.
"His logic is that he can either worry and do nothing, or put the rest of his time on Earth to good use and really touch people's hearts.
So far, through his work with the fundraising group initially set up by his friends to help him through his first cancer therapies, he has helped to raise £80,000 and counting.
He said: "It gives me a lot of focus and its a positive thing, it gives me a little