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Scots dad dies after shock cancer diagnosis when he was unable to get out of bed

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A Scots dad has died three months after he received a shock cancer diagnosis after being left unable to get out of bed due to extreme pain.

Tam Coyle from the Niddrie area of Edinburgh, started noticing something was wrong when he started experiencing a persistent cough and chest pains.The 60-year-old visited his GP but was told that he had pleurisy and was given co-codamol to deal with the pain.

Unconvinced by the diagnosis, his partner Jackie Ann Dempsey, 45, fought to have medics investigate further as he started losing weight and experiencing debilitating back pain.It was only when Tam was rushed to hospital after he was unable to get out of bed that Jackie convinced doctors to do more tests.

Medics then tragically informed the family that they had discovered that the dad had terminal cancer which had spread throughout his body.Speaking to Edinburgh Live Jackie said: "Tam was a funny person and liked to have a laugh.

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