'It came as quite a shock' - Man diagnosed with brain tumour after fall

A man diagnosed with a brain tumour after a fall while out running last year has said he never thought 'for one second' such a condition could affect him.Tony Barry was out running last September and had a seizure. A woman he knew, who is a GP, just happened to be driving past and brought him into hospital.

"Less than two weeks later I was down in CUH in Cork and I had surgery - they were able to remove about 75% to 80% of it".Mr Barry said he then underwent radiation and chemotherapy sessions"as a precaution". "I would exercise five to six times a week so never for one second would I have thought something like this would affect me.“The first option is I sit at home, I feel sorry for myself, , ‘The world's against me,’” he said.

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