A fit and active 31-year-old weightlifter was left devastated after doctors gave him a terminal diagnosis—just 3 to 5 years to live—all because he overlooked common health symptoms that many people ignore.
Scott Hinch, from Abergavenny, Wales, was on his way to work in August 2019 when he suddenly suffered a seizure, prompting an emergency trip to Nevill Hall Hospital. What followed would change his life forever.
Doctors placed Scott in an induced coma for four days. When he awoke, an MRI scan revealed the shocking cause: a grade 2 astrocytoma.
A slow-growing but dangerous brain tumor that typically develops in the brain or spinal cord.
“Looking back, I now realize there were signs—headaches, nosebleeds—that I just brushed off,” Scott said. “I thought it was just stress, dehydration, or training too hard at the gym.”
