Dean's story

On January 10th 2020 Dean and his family's lives were turned upside down by one word, CANCER. Dean was sent to a hematologist who performed a bone marrow biopsy, which ultimately led to a diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma. A 24 round week chemotherapy was started. He managed the treatment as expected & then had a stem cell/bone marrow transplant in the July, once his body had recovered from the transplant he went into remission.

On January 10th 2023 3 years to the day since he was first diagnosed, his hematologist phoned, his cancer was back with a vengeance. He started chemotherapy a couple of days after he was diagnosed again. It seemed to be working after the first 4 rounds bringing his numbers down. The next 4 rounds were different, his numbers shot straight back up again. A couple of weeks later it turned to custard. Dean was told to go straight to hospital, 2 hours later he lost full use of his legs. The myeloma had spread to his bones, weakened his spine to the point it collapsed onto his spinal cord & crushed it, rendering him paralysed. The only option was 5 rounds of radiation to blast & kill the myeloma cells on the spine. Dean is now a paraplegic. He has had to start new treatment as the chemotherapy regime he was on has been overpowered by the myeloma and doesn’t work for him anymore. He is absolutely devastated as loss of his income, they are struggling to survive financially. Thank you all so much xx