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A antheral who was feeling successful bully wellness ended up getting the 'worst diagnosis possible' aft helium started smelling caramel unexpectedly.
Stoke-on-Trent spot store proprietor Costas Fantis could archer his consciousness of odor had changed and helium kept smelling the scent of the saccharine treat.
His household explained that he'd get it astir erstwhile a period and yet the 57-year-old thought it mightiness person thing to bash with epilepsy, which he'd dealt with arsenic a child.
The odor ne'er lasted precise agelong and his household told him helium should astir apt spell and get a scan to get to the bottommost of the unusual odor of caramel.
Sadly, erstwhile helium went successful for a scan and tests Costas ended up being diagnosed with signifier 4 IDH-wildtype glioblastoma, the astir assertive benignant of brain cancer.
Chip-shop proprietor Costas Fantis started smelling caramel, past got a devastating diagnosis (SWNS)
Since his diagnosis successful April 2024, he's completed radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the approved treatments connected the NHS, but his household are trying to rise wealth to wage for Costas to get perchance life-saving attraction successful Germany.
Costas' son, Antonio, said: "It's truly bizarre due to the fact that symptoms-wise helium didn't person overmuch astatine all.
"On the unusual juncture helium would person a caramel smell, a saccharine smell. But it would hap precise quickly, and erstwhile a period oregon so.
"From what we present cognize they specify them arsenic mini seizures, they past seconds, thing happens to you whilst you bash it."
The Stoke bloke's household said they'd been 'shell-shocked' to larn that a 'really acceptable and steadfast man' had been diagnosed with signifier 4 encephalon cancer.
Costas is hoping to effort and get attraction successful Germany that's not disposable connected the NHS (SWNS)
A biopsy told them that the tumour was inoperable, which Antonio said made them 'worried, scared, nervous' arsenic they were trying to wrapper their heads astir their dad's diagnosis erstwhile helium appeared to person nary different symptoms.
"It conscionable benignant of proves that you tin beryllium a acceptable and steadfast antheral yet inactive person thing incorrect with you," helium said.
Costas himself was 'stunned' by the diagnosis and his lad said helium reckons his dada inactive doesn't cognize however to respond to it but is determined to support seeking treatment.
Antonio said that his dada has gone done radiotherapy and chemotherapy, which helium has responded good to, but said that 'there's not overmuch the NHS tin do' present and that successful consultancy meetings the household had been told 'not to chopped backmost connected thing and conscionable bask your life'.
Seeking alternate treatments to 'the worst benignant of encephalon cancer', Costas' household are raising wealth for him to spell done DC vaccine therapy successful Germany, the outgo of which is expected to scope £464,000.
The household person acceptable up a GoFundMe, which you tin donate to here, to effort and assistance scope that goal.
It has amassed implicit £267,000 successful donations frankincense acold and Antonio said his dada had 'reaped the rewards' from being a 'very giving' person.
If you’ve been affected by immoderate of these issues and privation to talk to idiosyncratic successful confidence, interaction Macmillan’s Cancer Support Line connected 0808 808 00 00, 8am–8pm 7 days a week.
