How this young cancer survivor overcame ‘dark ‘ and ‘challenging’ days – GLOBAL
April 29, 2024
Matthew McKinnon knew something was wrong when he went to catch a football during his high school practice in Surrey B.C., in the spring of 2012 and completely missed it.
McKinnon, 28, who was in Grade 11 at the time, said he was experiencing double vision, nausea and headaches. Following that practice, his parents took him to the family doctor where he was prescribed anti-nausea medication that was usually only given to cancer patients.
“It was a foreshadowing of things to come,” McKinnon told Global News.
Even with medication and a chiropractor’s visit, his health declined rapidly over the next few days.
“Finally, my parents decided that we should go in for a CT scan where I was misdiagnosed with something called sinusitis, [and was] sent home with medication. And over that weekend I had what we could only describe as seizures, and my parents decided to take me back in,” he said.
Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/10456885/cancer-survivor-mental-health-canada/
