Woman who left her fianc? because he had 癌 明らかにする／漏らすs SHE 提案するd before he was 診断するd - and ended their 関係 while he was in hospital 回復するing from 17-hour brain 外科

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A woman has 明らかにする／漏らすd how she broke up with her fianc? while he was 回復するing from brain 外科 in hospital after he was 診断するd with 癌.?

Danielle Epstein, 32, had been in a 関係 with Jelle Fresen for two years when she asked him to marry her - before he was 診断するd with a rare form of brain tumour at just 37.

In a new interview, she has explained that while while Jelle was 'strong and 静める', she was 'a mess' - and she 'knew she couldn't stay with him'.

Speaking to The Telegraph, she said: 'I felt like the man I loved was slipping away from me. I had been so の近くに to having everything I 手配中の，お尋ね者 and then, all of a sudden, it had been snatched away.'

Two weeks after Jelle went under a 17-hour 外科 which left him with?厳しい brain 損失, and paralysis 負かす／撃墜する one 味方する of his 直面する, Danielle said she broke up with him, 追加するing: 'He was still 回復するing in hospital and I sat and 直面するd him on a 議長，司会を務める and told him I couldn’t stay with him.'

Danielle Epstein, 32,?has 明らかにする／漏らすd how she broke up with her fianc? while he was 回復するing from brain 外科 in hospital after he was 診断するd with 癌

The couple were in the 過程 of buying a house in Palmers Green, North London, when Jelle became ill

どこかよそで, she 解任するd the beginning of their 関係, 自白するing she felt 'he was the one' as soon as they met.??

The couple were buying a house in Palmers Green, North London, when Jelle, who 作品 as a Google ソフトウェア engineer, began vomiting and having dizzy （一定の）期間s.

After 非常に／多数の 協議s with GPs and 効果のない／無能な 治療s for an ear 感染, the vomiting became much worse.

Jelle went for a 私的な MRI ざっと目を通す using his health 保険 with Google.

Weeks after they got engaged, doctors 設立する a 'grade 4 medulloblastoma' tumour - 普通は a 癌 that 影響する／感情s children - and he was 調書をとる／予約するd in for 外科 in September.

He needed a コンビナート／複合体 操作／手術, 放射線療法 and chemotherapy, and had to learn to walk again.?

Danielle said: 'We were on a 確かな path to a 確かな 未来 and within one day we knew it wasn't going to work out like that any more.

'I was so worried and 荒廃させるd, I couldn't sleep or eat. I was having panic attacks and was on so much 医薬 to sort myself out I just couldn't 機能（する）／行事.'

While all this was going on physics teacher Danielle began having panic attacks and her mental health 急落するd - so she ended their 関係.?

Realising they had to 分裂（する） up, she moved to Thailand with her father.?But she has?stayed friends with Jelle, and kept up to date with his 回復.

に引き続いて his 操作／手術 Jelle had 神経 損失 that paralysed the 権利 味方する of his 直面する, 主要な to a squint that 原因（となる）s 二塁打-見通し. He also can't fully の近くに his 注目する，もくろむ and must use 注目する，もくろむ 減少（する）s and ointments.

Explaining her 決定／判定勝ち（する） to run the London マラソン in his 指名する for Brain Tumour 研究, she said:?'I felt so helpless watching all this un 倍の, so I knew I had to do something.

Jelle went for a 私的な MRI ざっと目を通す using his health 保険 with Google, where he 作品 as a ソフトウェア engineer, and doctors 設立する he had a brain tumour?

Jelle had to re-learn to walk after an 操作／手術, and also had 放射線療法 and chemotherapy to 扱う／治療する the 癌

Jelle, pictured, after his 外科, has been supportive of his ex-girlfriend's help and will be there to 元気づける her on

外科医s had to 削減（する） open the 支援する of Jelle's 長，率いる to get to the tumour in his cerebellum

'I'm not a 走者, but Jelle has done マラソンs before, so I thought it would be a challenge for me and a nice 尊敬の印 to him and it felt like something to 目的（とする） に向かって. I won't be 急速な／放蕩な, but I'm 決定するd to get 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.

'Training has been 堅い 肉体的に and mentally - just keeping going when you're so bored is challenging.

'But I have the best 動機づけ; if Jelle can go through all of this then I can run a マラソン.'

She said she was still '人物／姿／数字ing out' her friendship with Jelle, 追加するing: 'I felt like the most awful person, leaving somebody because they have 癌, but it was 損失ing my mental health and it wasn't helping Jelle.'?

She 追加するd that money was needed to help brain 癌 研究.

She said: 'The UK is not a developing nation; we should be scientifically innovative, but 治療s 港／避難所't changed in １０年間s and we seem to be behind other countries and the 前進するs they have made.

'We 猛烈に need more 研究 and 裁判，公判s to develop better 治療s.'

Jelle, who supports his ex-girlfriend's 試みる／企てる to help, said: 'I will be there on the day to 元気づける Danielle on. I think it's incredible what she's doing.

'When she said she was going to do a マラソン, I must 収容する／認める I had my 疑問s.

'I think she only did about 5km when we were together and that was with a lot of complaining.

'I've got so much 尊敬（する）・点 for her discipline and perseverance.'

Danielle said: 'I still love Jelle 深く，強烈に and want to support him, but I （機の）カム to realise I couldn't stay with him as his partner.

'We're still 人物／姿／数字ing things out and finding ways to continue our 関係 as friends.? Our whole lives （機の）カム out from under us.'

Carol Robertson, 国家の events 経営者／支配人 for Brain Tumour 研究, said: 'We're so sorry to hear about Jelle's diagnosis.

'While his tumour type is rare, b rain 癌 is not, with one in three people knowing somebody 影響する／感情d.

'We're very 感謝する to Danielle for taking on this 抱擁する challenge to help raise 基金s for our 原因（となる）.

'Our マラソン 走者s are supported every step of the way, and we look 今後 to 元気づける her across the finish line.'