Dad died of colon cancer. 2 weeks later, I got my own cancer diagnosis [Video]

There’s one moment I’ll never forget from when Dad was on his deathbed.

While in and out of consciousness, he suddenly sat up and pointed at me – without saying a word. A few seconds later, his head and arm dropped, then he drifted back to sleep.

Was he trying to tell my three older siblings to look after me because I’m the youngest? Or was it something more sinister?

After 15 hours of first arriving at A&E, he was gone. Then, within two weeks, I was diagnosed with a brain tumour at just 21 years old.

I know it sounds completely farfetched, but I often wonder if somehow he knew about my condition before anyone else did. In my darkest moments – and I know this is impossible – I’ve even blamed him for somehow giving his cancer to me.

It was August 2018 when Dad first sat me down and told me he had colon cancer. He was a …