After persistently requesting a CT scan, a three-and-a-half-centimetre by three-and-a-half-centimetre lump was identified in his right temporal lobe.
After a neurosurgeon diagnosed him with a high-grade tumor, he had brain surgery on June 28 to remove it.
He was diagnosed with grade four glioblastoma, the most severe brain cancer, on August 8 and given a year and a half to survive.
After finishing his last chemotherapy and radiation treatment on September 19, he will relax for a month before commencing intense chemotherapy in October.
Despite his struggles, James said he finds the situation ‘liberating’: “I think everyone’s guilty of taking people for granted, your loved ones, friends, family,
But it’s reunited me with some old friends and brought the family closer. He also attributed his optimistic outlook to his five-year Royal Marines service when he turned 18.
