An ex-army soldier who worked in health and fitness was devastated to be told he had only between two and three years to live.
Alan Deary, 61, from Old Swan, led an active lifestyle thanks to his work, having spent 16 years in the army, followed by roughly the same amount of time training new police recruits in fitness and self defence.
But in 2019, he came down with a chest infection he couldn’t shake off, so he was sent for a CT scan. When the results came back, he was told over the phone he had an incurable lung disease called Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), which has a life expectancy of between two and five years.
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Although there are around 6,000 new cases diagnosed per year in the UK alone, very little is known about the condition. It mostly affects those in the age range of 70-75, which makes Alan more of a rare case.
Alan, a grandad of three who is originally from Wavertree, said: “I’ve always been extremely active, so it came as a real shock when I was diagnosed with IPF. It’s a relatively…
