A widower has told how her husband's brain cancer transformed him from a mild-mannered, doting father into a 'violent abuser'. Michele Kenber, 58, says Dave Kenber's personality changed dramatically after developing three brain tumours on his left frontal lobe, which were only discovered years later.
Michele, from Sandton, South Africa, said the once 'warm and loving' Dave became paranoid and jealous, putting a tracker on her car and spyware on her computer. He once pointed a pellet gun at her face. The corporate financier eventually had to evict him and obtain a restraining order.
Dave's tumours were caused by a melanoma on his arm, which he failed to get checked after a biopsy was cancelled. When the tumours were removed in 2016, he instantly reverted to his old self. Michele cared for him during his final four months before he died in January 2017.
Michele is urging people, especially men, to 'be more vigilant and get themselves checked'. The NHS says mental or behavioural changes are common features of brain tumours.
