In March 2023, just days before he got married, Paul was diagnosed with a Brain Tumour. Thankfully he was able to still go ahead and marry his beautiful and supportive wife Sophie. Not long after the wedding Paul underwent an awake Craniotomy in order to try and debulk or remove the tumour. Whilst it was not possible to remove much of the tumour (without risk of permanent paralysis), a biopsy was then completed which resulted in a diagnosis of a grade 2 oligodendroglioma. The result of this was to start an immediate course of treatment (radiotherapy and chemotherapy). The future is still uncertain but what this did spark was a huge desire from Paul to use his experience and the incredible support network of friends and family to start trying to help others in the future. This is what has lead to the idea of a supporters page: Firth’s Fundraisers.
Throughout the last few months the one thing that has kept up Paul’s resilience is the moto “you can only control what is controllable” and the thought of raising money to support crucial research projects that could one day find a cure for this cruel disease very much sits in that space.
