![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/man-freed-from-depression-after-terminal-cancer-diagnosis-made-him-embrace-life/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_SDC_MDG_CHP_56121JPG.jpg&description=Duncan Campbell, from Anniesland in Glasgow, was told by doctors he had stage four brain cancer in February 2021. Prior to his diagnosis, the 30-year-old battled with depression from the age of 15 A man has told how he was free from depression and encouraged to "make the most of every second" after being handed a terminal cancer diagnosis. Duncan Campbell, from Anniesland in Glasgow, was told by doctors he had stage four brain cancer in February 2021. Prior to his diagnosis, the 30-year-old battled with depression from the age of 15. The former GHK Rugby Club player told the Daily Record: "The diagnosis woke me up. It encouraged me to make the most of every single second. 'Before my diagnosis, I was constantly criticising myself; when I tried to plan for the future, I was overcome with anxiety. Now, I live in the present, as I have no other choice. I've got a terminal disease so there's a rational reason to feel down, but in a strange way it allows me to stop worrying." Duncan has been through around 20 MRIs, surgery on his brain, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. After surgery, he was in a wheelchair for more than two months. He learned to walk again using the AlterG machine - used by Andy Murray to return from injury. He continued: 'It shouldn't have taken a diagnosis to free myself from the mental pain which stopped me from living my life. I suffered from depression from the age of 15. My brain was attacking itself. It knew all my weaknesses, shortcomings and fears. It was picking me apart every second of every day. Now I've found a route to happiness; being able to share my story and help others has given me a purpose which has helped to overcome depression.' In the wake of his diagnosis, Duncan wrote a book to encourage others to make the most of their lives. He hopes the autobiography, The Suicide Notes, will give others suffering depression the new lease of life he has experienced. He's preparing to launch the book with a one-man show at the Edinburgh Fringe Fes){kind=link}
Duncan Campbell, from Anniesland in Glasgow, was told by doctors he had stage four brain cancer in February 2021. Prior to his diagnosis, the 30-year-old battled with depression from the age of 15
A man has told how he was free from depression and encouraged to “make the most of every second” after being handed a terminal cancer diagnosis.
Duncan Campbell, from Anniesland in Glasgow, was told by doctors he had stage four brain cancer in February 2021. Prior to his diagnosis, the 30-year-old battled with depression from the age of 15.
The former GHK Rugby Club player told the Daily Record: “The diagnosis woke me up. It encouraged me to make the most of every single second.
“Before my diagnosis, I was constantly criticising myself; when I tried to plan for the future, I was overcome with anxiety. Now, I live in the present, as I have no other choice. I’ve got a terminal disease so there’s a rational reason to feel down, but in a strange way it allows me to stop worrying.”