Man, 20, given just weeks to live after going to A&E with lower back pain
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 20-year-old man has been given just weeks to live after he went to A&E suffering lower back pain. Dylan Lamb, 20, noticed he was suffering from the pain in April 2022 but first shook it off thinking he had just pulled a muscle.
He returned from university to his family home in Staffordshire and managed to get painkillers from his GP. But Dylan and his mum, Kim, went to A&E on April 28, 2022, after the pain became "unbearable".
A blood test confirmed the student's white blood cell count was "through the roof" and he was admitted to hospital for further tests. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features Dylan's girlfriend of three years, Phoebe Cole, 20, said he was quickly diagnosed with Precursor T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and was having chemotherapy three days later.
She told the Echo: "He had this lower back pain that could have been multiple different things, he thought he had pulled a muscle.
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