A DAD-OF-TWO was left in agony and nearly paralysed in a health scare he mistook for old age that turned out to be cancer. Simon Cummings, 53, was rushed to hospital with a broken neck and diagnosed with blood cancer after putting a loss of strength down to ageing. Simon was chopping wood when a chip caught flew back and caught him off guard.
He said: “I jerked my neck back in reaction, heard a crack and didn’t think too much of it – until I was crying on the floor in agony a few hours later. “Had I not gone to the hospital when I did, I would’ve at the very least been completely paralysed. “Or worse, I may have still not been here at all.
” Read more Health After the incident, the IT specialist from Bristol was offered an emergency MR scan in August 2020 His results were so extreme he was immediately rushed to hospital for an operation. The scan had shown that Simon was "2mm away" from being completely paralysed and required surgery to stabilise him. He added: “I couldn’t really comprehend the severity of it at the time.
Most read in Health “All I knew was I had a broken neck, which was very scary – but as I didn’t feel like I had a broken neck, I suppose I didn’t give the ‘what ifs’ much of a thought. Doctors had told Simon the degree of his condition, but were unable to pinpoint the cause. The next month they discovered it myeloma - an incurable blood cancer that occurs in bone marrow.
Simon said he was concerned about how it would affect his w.