By George Jones

A dad who thought he was suffering from hay fever was shocked to find his watery eyes and runny nose were symptoms of an “aggressive” brain tumor .

Jamie Jennings, 47, began experiencing “mild allergy symptoms” in May 2025 – such as watery eyes, fatigue and a runny nose, which at first he “thought was hay fever.”

But throughout the month, his condition worsened and he became “totally confused and couldn’t focus” – and said he “felt like a rabbit in the headlights.”

Concerned, Jamie went to his GP and was referred for a CT and MRI scan at St John’s Hospital in Livingston.

The scans revealed a lesion on his brain, and just days later, specialists at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh delivered the devastating news that Jamie had glioblastoma – an aggressive and incurable

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