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James Besanvalle

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Assistant opinion and first-person editor @MetroUK | Views are my own, RTs ≠ endorsements | 🏳️‍🌈 | he/him
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‘I was a typical man and put off going to the doctor – now I'm almost completely paralysed and I can't speak at 33'

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By James Besanvalle Verified
| MSN UK Verified
A 33-year-old newlywed who thought he had a sprained ankle has been left almost completely paralysed and unable to speak after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease and given just three to five years to live. Thomas Hynes, a former IT technician from Grimsby, said he first noticed pain in his knees and ankle, more frequent falls and difficulty running from September 2022, but ignored his symptoms as a “typical man”.
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‘I thought I had a cold - it turned out to be stage 4 cancer'

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By James Besanvalle Verified, Chris Samuel Verified
| MSN UK Verified
A man thought he was just experiencing the symptoms of a cold before being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer - but he's since made a remarkable recovery. Luke Cowan, now 32, was given a 30% chance of survival when he got the devastating diagnosis aged 26. Luke, who works in tech and lives in Cardiff , said the first symptom was a "dull ache" in the lymph node of his upper inner right thigh which started in about June 2020.
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I had a 30% chance of survival after my stage 4 cancer diagnosis at 26 led to organ failure – but now I’m in remission

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By James Besanvalle Verified
| MSN UK Verified
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