Dad, 36, who went to doctor with numbness in his fingers faints in shock after hearing diagnosis

A young father who has been diagnosed with incurable brain cancer after experiencing numbness in his fingers has boldly declared he will "crush" his five-year prognosis. Jack Carpenter, a 36-year-old personal trainer, realised something was amiss when he started feeling odd sensations in his fingertips and struggled with simple tasks such as turning off the car or grasping a pen.

After undergoing a CT scan two months later, Jack and his wife Emily, also aged 36, were devastated to learn that doctors had discovered three tumours in his brain—an incident so shocking that Jack fainted upon receiving the news. In September, he was officially diagnosed with grade three astrocytoma, a formidable and untreatable form of brain cancer, and given three to five years to live.

Nonetheless, from October 21, Jack will commence a regimen of radiotherapy and chemotherapy to try and shrink the tumours. He’s also launched into various health kicks with the goal of prolonging his life for his young daughters, Margot, three, and Elodie, one.

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"I have come to the realisation that this will eventually get me but I’m not letting anyone tell me I have two years, five years, one year," Jack, whose family have launched a GoFundMe page to support him, told PA Real Life. "It’s sad and obviously you do cry, you think about your children, but I’m not feeling sad anymore as my immediate attention has turned to proving people wrong. They don’t know me, they don’t know my level of fitness, they don’t know the strength I’m taking to do everything I can to crush those five years."

Emily, who works as a professional fundraiser for Mind, the mental health charity, shared the emotional impact of her