![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-looked-like-freddy-krueger-after-horror-illness-spread-through-my-body/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newspress-collage-20286726-1667310117077.jpg&description=A DAD has opened up about how he was left looking like Freddy Kruger after a horror illness spread through his once-healthy body. Geoffrey Seymour, 41, says his face turned into the 'Nightmare on Elm Street" after he reacted to the chemotherapy that was meant to battle his stage four cancer. Geoffrey Seymour, pictured with his beloved wife Santa and son Marco, has opened up about battling stage four cancerCredit: PA Real Life He's revealed how chemotherapy left him looking like 'Freddy Krueger'Credit: PA Real Life The dad said he felt like the 'Nightmare on Elm Street'Credit: Alamy Instead, the horror reaction even left him too embarrassed to go to his young son's cricket matches. Geoffrey was diagnosed with stage four colorectal cancer, which later metastasized in the liver, in March last year. He is still battling the disease and is now hoping a ground-breaking, £17,000 vaccine can save his life. But, the dad has opened up about his journey so far - including when the treatment that was meant to help him left him in excruciating pain. Geoffrey said: 'I had a really bad reaction in my face, it was full of painful blistering that made my face feel like it was on fire. "I just got to the point where I was looking a bit like Nightmare on Elm Street. 'Unless I went there with a bag on my head, I'd have other people coming up to me and looking at me thinking, 'What's wrong with this guy?' when I'm quite happy blending into the crowd.' Explaining why he reacted badly to a chemotherapy drug, he said: 'Essentially it kills all your fast-growing cells, which include your cancer cells, but also includes your hair and nails. "I had a really bad reaction to that in my face." Geoffrey's ordeal began just two weeks before his 40th birthday when he got the first warning signals of cancer. He noticed blood in his stool, and, as he was aware it could be a symptom of cancer from ads on TV, he rushed to his GP. It was then that the London dad, who lives with his wife Santa, 44, and t){kind=link}
A DAD has opened up about how he was left looking like Freddy Kruger after a horror illness spread through his once-healthy body.
Geoffrey Seymour, 41, says his face turned into the “Nightmare on Elm Street” after he reacted to the chemotherapy that was meant to battle his stage four cancer.
Instead, the horror reaction even left him too embarrassed to go to his young son’s cricket matches.
Geoffrey was diagnosed with stage four colorectal cancer, which later metastasized in the liver, in March last year.
He is still battling the disease and is now hoping a ground-breaking, £17,000 vaccine can save his life.