AFTER suffering severe headaches, memory loss and confusion, a Tadley grandad was diagnosed with a glioblastoma – the most common, aggressive brain tumour in adults.

Sadly, Dennis Nash passed away in July 2015 at the age of 67, 10 months after his diagnosis.

But now his devoted granddaughter Sam Jenkins, 25, who is also from Tadley, but now lives in Nottingham, has become a young ambassador for The Brain Tumour Charity to help prevent other families the heartache of losing a loved one.

Dennis was diagnosed in September 2014 after suffering severe headaches, memory loss and confusion.

Ms Jenkins said: “Several months before, he’d been to a GP about his headaches.

“He was tested for arthritis and when the result came back negative, he was told he didn’t need a follow-up appointment.”

After Dennis couldn’t remember where he was out driving a familiar route, he sought further medical advice.

An MRI scan revealed a mass on his brain. 

Surgeons removed as much of the tumour as possible, and biopsy results revealed it was cancerous - a terminal, grade 4 glioblastoma.

Ms Jenkins added: “Granddad never thought about himself and told us, ‘Don’t think about me, think about the little kids,’ because he hated seeing children suffering and going through radiotherapy and chemotherapy like him.

“He told us that he’d lived his life, but they hadn’t yet lived theirs.”

So far, Sam has contributed to raising over £11,000 for the charity.

She said: “I miss my grandad every day, but I’m eternally grateful for the legacy of love, laughter and memories he left me.

“Now I’ve dedicated myself to helping to raise awareness about brain tumours in his memory."