I thought my neck was broken but I actually had incurable cancer

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He went for a neck scan but instead of a break medics found a large mass which raised alarm bells.

He attended Monklands Hospital for a neck scan but instead of a break medics found a large mass which raised alarm bells.

He is determined to carry on fighting his illness to be around for his six-year-old daughter Mirren and partner Ruth Armstrong, 36.“The hardest thing is one day I won’t be here, and I worry about how Ruth and my daughter Mirren will get on, I get really upset thinking about it.“I went for a scan to see if my neck was broken but they found a mass, I couldn’t believe it.”lockdown in March 2020 which resulted in serious soft tissue damage and medics finding his mass.

However, after the previous scans were compared with his 2020 scan in University Hospital Monklands medics discovered the mass had been there all along but was smaller and harder to detect. Despite feeling “let down” the self-employed joiner is still very grateful for the NHS and hero medics who have supported him throughout his cancer journey.

“There's no cure for my cancer but it might have given me a better chance of keeping it at bay with stem cell treatment. He has been hospital free since April and has regained strength so is now hoping to complete a hill walk for Myeloma UK.“I keep saying to Ruth I don’t really feel like anything is wrong with me except from a limp, at least from the waist up.

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