Dad's personality change turned out to be sign of fatal illness
dailyrecord.co.ukA family have told of their shock after their dad's personality change turned out to be an early sign of a fatal illness. Alexandra Lewis, 38, and her two siblings Nick Lewis, 43, and Victoria Jarvis, 45, first noticed that their father Philip Lewis, 73, had become withdrawn and quiet at the beginning of January 2021.
They initially believed that it might be due to him worrying about his wife Janet Lewis, 71, who was undergoing treatment for advanced breast cancer, Nottinghamshire Live writes.
However the children of Mr Lewis, from West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, were in "total shock" after he was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain tumour shortly after he suddenly started to struggle to find words.
Alexandra, who runs a dance school, said: “Dad’s whole personality changed. "On January 27, mum was admitted to the City Hospital in Nottingham and, the next day, we noticed dad was struggling to find the right words and was a bit confused when speaking, so we contacted his GP who thought he might have suffered a stroke. “He was referred to the stroke clinic at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham the next day.
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