Dr Stuart Farrimond had to leave frontline medicine when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2008.
Dr Stuart Farrimond and Mike Brooks are hoping to raise £5,000 for Brain Tumour ResearchA doctor who built a career in television after a brain tumour forced him out of his profession is taking on a fundraising cycling challenge.
A scan for a hormone imbalance picked up the growth while he was working at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. Despite a third operation in 2019, he still had to go through radiotherapy and chemotherapy but was advised by health professionals to exercise as much as he could during treatment.The brain tumour impacted his balance, depth perception and reactions, and a serious accident while out riding left him with a fractured jaw, eye socket and two broken teeth.
He added: "The fact that a brain tumour has the potential to impact every single faculty, vision, personality, speech and movement is massive and life-changing.
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