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Matthew Padley didn't think much of it when he started getting spasms in his back in September, 2022.

But after dismissing the pain for months, until January the following year, he finally learned the horrifying diagnosis that had been causing it.

Eight months after getting those first 'twinges', as he describes them, Matthew, was told he had an incurable blood cancer. It had caused so much damage to his spine and back that he had shrunk by two inches in height.

Now, he is raising awareness of myeloma, which affects more than 33,000 people a year in the UK.

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Matthew, from Hyde , was just 58 when he was diagnosed with myeloma.

At first, he dealt with his back pain with paracetamol and ibuprofen, expecting

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