Blood cancer: Man almost paralysed by undiagnosed myeloma

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For months he continued coaching football and going to work, with no idea he had a collapsed vertebra.

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"I'd been running around like a nutter playing football, heading the ball," said Jamie.

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"My spinal cord could have snapped at any time, worst-case scenario I could have been paralysed."

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Back in August 2016, Jamie, who was then 49, started feeling lethargic and had a pain in the back of his neck.

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"To describe it really, all I can say is that I thought my head was going to fall off," he said.

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"It felt like my neck wasn't attached."

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He went to his GP in the August and was referred for an X-ray.

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While he waited he continued working his very physical job at Bettws leisure centre and coaching a football team.

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Blood cancer: Man almost paralysed by undiagnosed myeloma

Blood cancer: Man almost paralysed by undiagnosed myeloma

Jamie, from Newport, is one of about 24,000 in the UK living with myeloma.

For months he continued coaching football and going to work, with no idea he had a collapsed vertebra.

"I'd been running around like a nutter playing football, heading the ball," said Jamie.

"My spinal cord could have snapped at any time, worst-case scenario I could have been paralysed."

Back in August 2016, Jamie, who was then 49, started feeling lethargic and had a pain in the back of his neck.

"To describe it really, all I can say is that I thought my head was going to fall off," he said.

"It felt like my neck wasn't attached."

He went to his GP in the August and was referred for an X-ray.

While he waited he continued working his very physical job at Bettws leisure centre and coaching a football team.

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