Dad, 38, Had Back Pain and Died 2 Months Later

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Steve Burrows, 38, began getting “twinges in his lower back” in late July, but chalked it up to getting older, his former partner, Bethan Kester said

After the pain got progressively worse, he sought medical care, where he was told he had stage 4 rectal cancer that was "aggressive"

A month after his diagnosis, Burrows died, as the cancer “completely ravaged his body”

A father who thought his back pain was just a sign of aging died two months later — the result of aggressive rectal cancer.

Steve Burrows, a 38-year-old father from the English town of St. Neots, began experiencing back pain in late July. He tried to remedy the discomfort by doing stretches, chalking it up to his age. “He started getting some twinges in his lower back and he was trying to do yoga-style stre