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A father says he was left able to speak and think only in French after suffering a seizure triggered by a brain tumour.
Marcus Jones, from Glenrothes, Fife, began experiencing headaches in September last year, shortly after the birth of his son Finnick.
He was originally diagnosed with epilepsy, but a scan revealed a tumour on his occipital lobe. Side effects have included vision problems, memory loss and brain fog.
During one seizure he lost the ability to speak English.
Mr Jones was originally diagnosed with epilepsy but a scan later revealed a tumour on his occipital lobe. The occipital lobe is the visual processing centre of the brain and Mr Jones faces losing his sight when the tumour is surgically removed (file image of brain scans)
Mr Jones, 24, said: ‘It was terrifying, I could see my partner and I was trying to tell her I was having a seizure but I could only think and speak in French.
‘It only lasted for a couple of minutes but I was thinking fluently and I recognised it was French, afterwards I was
