A dad was given just months to live after he noticed a weird symptom while he tried to eat a bacon and sausage sandwich at work. Des Longstaff, 39, has now been diagnosed with advanced stage four oesophageal adenocarcinoma, an aggressive cancer in the food pipe that has spread to his liver. He was told the cancer is terminal and has an estimated life expectancy of 12 months, something landscape contactor Mr Longstaff who hopes to prolong his life to spend more time with his son who is five.