Man given 12 months to live after headache

A former Royal Marine told by doctors his headaches and dizzy spells were probably because of dehydration or a migraine was then given 12 to 18 months to live after a terminal brain cancer diagnosis.James Greenwood, 42, who is based in Wales with his girlfriend, Rachel Jones, 31, said he started to experience dizziness and “constant”, “dull” headaches in May while chatting to his brother-in-law.“My vision was wobbling a little bit and I needed to have a bit of a sit down,” he said.“I had always had a clean bill of health so I thought it was a little unusual,” Mr.Greenwood told PA Life.Soon after, Greenwood said he started to suffer with headaches which began as a “constant” and “dull” pain.He booked an appointment with his GP for June 5 and was told his symptoms were probably linked to dehydration, and he could be overdue an eye test, as he wears glasses and his job involves working with computer screens.Greenwood was also given a blood test and an electrocardiogram (ECG), a non-invasive test which measures the electrical activity of the heart, but said both tests came back with “no concerns”.After “plodding along” for a few days, he had an “unusual episode” in Manchester on June 10.“I was walking across town and it was like an out-of-body experience, everything around me slowed down which caused me concern,” he said.He secured a same-day appointment with his GP and was told his symptoms were consistent with migraines.“I’ve never suffered with migraines in the past so I was skeptical,” Greenwood said.“As with the first GP appointment, I was pushing for a scan of some kind – maybe it was a sixth sense or something but I just knew how I felt and I was trying to get some peace of mind more than anything.”He said he was prescribed migraine relief medication and told to make another appointment by the end of the week if it had not had the desired effect.However Greenwood woke up at about 5am on June 12 with a “severe...