A former soldier who was just days away from death after being diagnosed with leukaemia told how he was saved following a bone marrow transplant. Jamie Buchanan, 45, began having back pain and severe night sweats before being admitted to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee after having acute chest pain.
Medics diagnosed Jamie with leukaemia and told him he was days away from death. Jamie's wife was six months pregnant with twins at the time and the armed response police officer was terrified he wouldn't see his kids grow up.
The cause of the cancer was a faulty gene, known as the 'Philadelphia positive' meaning despite chemotherapy, the cancer would likely come back. Dad-of-two Jamie said: "I was in and out of consciousness and was whisked away to HDU before being moved on to the haematology ward.
