Cancer-stricken man told he had a year to live when he was 12 years old has just turned 30
A cancer-stricken man who was given just a year to live in 2005 when he was 12 years old has just turned 30.
Cancer patient from Nashville, who shared his story on Reddit, told how he was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour aged 12.
Doctors at the time predicted he would ‘only live a year or two’ — even with surgery and treatment.
The man, who didn’t share his name, claimed he was even granted his last wish by the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which saw his family holiday in Hawaii.
The cancer survivor, who is married and has two children, now says he works in the hospital where he was diagnosed and treated as a child.
Detailing his case on the discussion website, the man says he was diagnosed with pilomyxoid astrocytoma in 2005, when he was 12 years old.
The aggressive cancer, which has poor survival rates and high risk of it coming back, usually affects very young children, with the average age of diagnosis being 18 months, according to a 2004 study published in the journal Medscape General Medicine.