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Rebecca Lockwood & Lucy Skoulding

Man given days to live after blood cancer symptoms dismissed as old age for 10 years

A retired bus driver nearly died after his incurable blood cancer went undiagnosed for 10 years after his symptoms were put down to old age.

Brian Mellor, 80, from Blackpool, couldn't move after his femur and hip had split open for "no logical reason".

Brian's daughter, Alyson Yates, 47, and husband Alan are planning weekly gigs throughout March to raise money for Myeloma UK which funds research into a cure which almost claimed her father's life last year, reports Lancashire Live.

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