British swimmer Archie Goodburn diagnosed with brain tumours

British swimmer Archie Goodburn has revealed he has been diagnosed pinch inoperable encephalon tumours.

The 23-year-old, from Edinburgh, started suffering from numbness and seizures successful nan build-up to nan Olympics tests – wherever he missed retired connected qualification by a constrictive margin.

But tests carried retired aft nan tests recovered 3 ample oligodendrogliomas – a uncommon type of crab which tin impact nan encephalon and spinal cord.

The quality of nan tumours makes room to region nan tumours impossible, pinch Goodburn now facing chemotherapy and radiotherapy to effort and dainty them.

“Six weeks ago, my life knowledgeable a profound alteration arsenic I was diagnosed pinch 3 encephalon tumours,” he wrote connected his Instagram.

“In December 2023, my training began to beryllium interrupted by unusual episodes. These episodes, initially thought to beryllium hemiplegic migraines, would hap during difficult training.

“They would time off maine pinch a nonaccomplishment of spot and a numb sensation connected my near side, a heavy emotion of fear, nausea and utmost deja vu. I now cognize that these were successful truth seizures.

“With nan tests down me, I dug deeper into what was really causing these attacks. An MRI successful May yet revealed what I’d begun to fearfulness nan most.”

Goodburn represented Scotland astatine nan 2022 Commonwealth Games successful Birmingham, and won bronze successful nan men’s 50m breaststroke astatine nan 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships.

He said he would now beryllium undergoing aesculapian curen to effort and combat nan tumours.

“The metallic lining to this test is that oligodendrogliomas mostly respond amended to radiotherapy and chemotherapy than galore different superior encephalon tumour types,” he said.

“I americium young, I americium fit, I person nan astir phenomenal support web of friends, nan champion family I could ever dream for and a awesome woman by my side.

“I americium wished to return this head-on, to stay affirmative and to support being Archie.”