Heartbreak as dad told cancer is terminal days after believing he'd been given all clear

A dad has spoken of how he was told he had terminal cancer, days after believing he'd been given the all clear. Glyn Whittaker, a father-of-four, underwent treatment after a lump in his neck was found to be throat cancer, which had spread to his lymph node.

Glyn, 52, said he was given the all clear in January, and he returned to his job as an associate ambulance practitioner based at Brighouse ambulance station. But two days after being told the chemotherapy and radiotherapy had been successful, Glyn was then given the devastating news that the cancer had spread to his lungs and that it was incurable, Yorkshire Live reports.

Glyn, from West Yorkshire, says he is determined to fight the cancer with the support of his wife Tracy. He says he has not given up on beating it, despite the gloomy prognosis.

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And he is determined his family will be okay financially if the worst should happen. He has set up a special fund to help save the family home as the mortgage was not covered by critical illness insurance. He had only recently bought the house which is his wife's childhood home and is more than just bricks and mortar.

Glyn, who has previously served in the RAF and the Army, said it was 'absolutely devastating' to be told his cancer was not curable, but the support from his wife, family members, friends and colleagues had been 'amazing'.

"I have had messages and cards and gifts - and jokes about how I will get off work. But ultimately it was absolutely devastating. Mentally, I am quite a strong guy, but I did have a dark time. I thought it was terrible and what was I going to do."

Glyn, who hails from Sheffield and now lives with his family in