'My husband started being sarcastic, he was dead 11 months later'

'My husband started being sarcastic, he was dead 11 months later' View 3 Images

A man's personality shifts and increased "sarcasm" turned out to be symptoms of a deadly tumour - and left his wife no longer able to recognise him. Henry Barringer, 35, became “more sarcastic and blunt” in June 2023 while on a family holiday with his wife Rebecca, 38.

After he began experiencing severe migraines and vomiting, a CT scan at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital revealed an inoperable and incurable brain tumour. Henry, an amateur rugby player, began radiotherapy and chemotherapy and his parents Linda, 65, and Robert, 64, paid thousands to send a sample of his tumour to America to try and access alternative treatment not available in the UK.

Henry died before the results arrived in May 20