'My son wrapped our Christmas presents before he died... he even wrote a speech for his own funeral'
07.10.2023 - 12:37
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum has shared her heartbreak after the death of her son, who wrote a speech for his own funeral after being given a devastating brain tumour diagnosis.
Dan Wilkinson was just 34-years-old when he passed away at home on September 14, surrounded by his loved ones. Dan, originally from Stockport, had spent 11 years in and out of hospital after a tumour was first found on his brain back in 2012.
He underwent a number of operations and treatments after suddenly having a seizure, that then revealed the growth on his brain.
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Just ten days after his operation on the tumour, which was non-cancerous, he walked his mum Beverley down the aisle at her wedding. However regular check-ups and scans later revealed a tumour had returned on his brain in 2014.
Despite the news, Dan went on to marry his partner Brogan and underwent further operations, where doctors removed what they could of the tumour.
He was monitored for a number of years until 2019, when another scan then showed a tumour on his brain which had become grade three cancerous.
Following treatment, which was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, he then had another seizure in 2022 which showed he had developed an aggressive grade-four tumour on his brain (Glioblastoma) that could not be operated on by doctors.
Doctors told him there was nothing more they could do, with Dan continuing to deteriorate before he passed away at home on September 14 - with his wife Brogan and two much-loved golden retrievers Teddy and Archer by his side.
"In May this year, the doctors said