Dad who thought he was just ageing left 2mm from paralysis and with blood cancer

Simon Cummings was diagnosed with myeloma successful September 2020. (Image: Jame Press / Alan Merson)

Simon Cummings, a father-of-two, suffered a breached cervix aft his uncommon cancer was misdiagnosed and written disconnected arsenic “ageing.” 

The dad, 53, was near successful agonising symptom and was astir paralysed earlier being rushed to the hospital. 

The lawsuit occured successful 2020 erstwhile Simon was chopping wood. A spot flew disconnected and amazed him, causing him to jerk his caput back. 

Simon heard a large ace successful his neck, but said helium didn’t deliberation overmuch of it “until I was crying connected the level successful agony a fewer hours later. 

“Had I not gone to the infirmary erstwhile I did, I would’ve astatine the precise slightest been wholly paralysed. Or worse, I whitethorn person inactive not been present astatine all.”

Simon was "2mm away" from being paralysed aft breaking his neck. (Image: Jam Press / Alan Merson)

Medical professionals informed Simon and his woman Lisa that helium was conscionable “2mm away” from being afloat paralysed. 

Leading up to the incident, Simon had experienced “a nonaccomplishment of strength” successful his close arm, which helium chalked up to a pinched nervus successful his shoulder.

He besides noticed his tegument and eyes began yellowing, but assuming it was related to aging. 

Even aft Simon broke his neck, doctors were confused by the symptoms and were incapable to supply a diagnosis for 9 months. 

Simon Cummings is simply a father-of-two. (Image: Jam Press / Alan Merson )

Simon commented connected the confusing time, saying: "All I knew was I had a breached neck, which was precise scary - but arsenic I didn't consciousness similar I had a breached neck, I accidental I didn't springiness the ‘what ifs’ overmuch of a thought.

"It's erstwhile you commencement discussing it with loved ones that you commencement to deliberation astir those things.

"I started to interest astir not being capable to supply for my family, spending clip with Lisa, playing with our lad and our plans to person a sibling for him."

Finally, Simon was diagnosed successful September 2020 with myeloma, a uncommon humor crab that tin origin easy breached bones, fatigue, unexplained bruising, and abnormal bleeding. 

In the pursuing months, Simon underwent chemotherapy and a stem compartment transplant. He was declared cancer-free successful April 2021. 

The illness unluckily returned successful May 2024, but Simon has since been informed that helium is erstwhile again successful remission. 

Myeloma is incurable, and Simon volition apt look relapses for the remainder of his life. 

He said: "I conscionable privation to spot my kids turn up and marque definite that everything we've worked for implicit the past 30 years doesn't get spoiled by cancer. I privation to bask our children together."

Simon says that identifying symptoms aboriginal is the cardinal to reducing the interaction of myeloma. 

The brave begetter supports humor crab foundation Myeloma UK successful their run to rise consciousness of the uncommon disease. 

He said: He said: "There's each accidental it could termination you, but you've got to get implicit the archetypal daze of the Big C.

"Every crab is antithetic and you ne'er heard astir the bully stuff, oregon the things that tin get better."