A family was left devastated when a beloved father who was unable to leave his bed because of pain died three months later.

Tam Coyle, 60, from Edinburgh, visited the GP with a persistent cough and chest pains and was first diagnosed with pleurisy and given co-codamol.

His family did not believe the diagnosis and then started losing weight and experiencing agonising back pain.

When Tam was rushed to hospital as he was unable to get out of bed his partner Jackie Ann Dempsey, 45, convinced doctors to do more tests.

Doctors discovered he had terminal cancer which had spread throughout his body and he died three months later.

Tam with his partner Jackie Ann Dempsey

Jackie told Edinburgh Live : “Everything happened so quickly, he had a cough so had gone to the GP and told him to get a cough bottle but it didn't help.

"Then he started getting pains losing weight and we went to the Royal Infirmary for an X-Ray which confirmed he had pleurisy and was to take co-codamol.

"He was losing weight and had a really sore back so he ended up back in hospital for back pain - he was in agony. Tam had been at my house and tried to get up out of bed and couldn't move - my daughter and I had to physically move him.

"I called the doctor and he went into the hospital via an ambulance. He had pains in his chest and I had to fight to get him a CT scan as we were waiting ages.

"He was on tablets for weeks, he also had shortness of breath, chest pain and back pain but it was the back pain that was worse. Then on February 15 he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.

"He was completely devastated - we both were. They said if he took chemo it could slow the process down and maybe give him a bit more time but it wasn't guaranteed so he chose quality over quantity

"All the family were going up to visit him every day including good friends from over the years. He chose to die in the house at the end and passed away on 21 of May."

In a sweet tribute she added Tam “loved his family and to be around them”.

She added: “Tam was a funny person and liked to have a laugh. He had six sons and was a father figure to my daughters.

"He was a big betting man on the horses and one of his wishes before he passed was to make it to see the Grand National. He told everyone to put on the horse Ain't That a Shame as he was convinced that was going to be the winner but the horse came in 17th.

"Even when he was ill he still wanted his bets put on.

"Tam loved his pigeons and enjoyed fishing with his brothers, one of his best friends died just before Christmas of cancer too - he had it at that time but had no idea.

"He was and will always be my world, I'm so lost without him.”

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