Five years after undergoing life-saving emergency surgery for a brain tumour, a Spalding man is raising money to help his rehabilitation.
Jack Jarvis was just 25 when severe headaches forced him to the accident and emergency department at Peterborough City Hospital.
He was blue-lighted from there to Addenbrooke’s in Cambridge for emergency surgery which removed the tumour but left him unable to walk or talk.
And he has been fighting to regain his health ever since he was discharged from hospital.
Now he is aiming to raise £10,000 for treatment at a specialist centre near March in Cambridgeshire.
He hopes that with intensive support he can walk again and enjoy further independence.
“I am unable to work. I’m unable to drive. But I’m still pushing forward every day,” he said.
“Now there’s an opportunity to change things. A specialist rehabilitation centre could finally give me the intensive therapy I’ve never had. A real chance to rebuild my independence and my quality of life.”
Jack (pictured) had been working on a building site when he was taken ill and he says he didn’t receive the specialist support and rehabilitation that he needed.
“I’ve had to fight every single day to regain what many people take for granted,” he said.
Specialist centre Askham Rehab is near March, Cambridgeshire, and Jack aims to spend time there to help with neurological rehabilitation.
It costs in the region of £3,000 a week to stay and he will receive no state funding to help with the cost.
His appeal can be found on the GoFundMe website with a search for Jack Jarvis.
