A teenage fitness fanatic who thought he'd slipped a disc lifting 300kg was shocked to discover his back pain was a tumour - which left him paralysed.
Brandon Hackett, now 20, was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma last year - a rare type of tumour that occurs in the bones or in the soft tissue surrounding bones. It took him six months to regain all movement in his legs and he had to learn to walk again using aids including a Zimmer frame.
Brandon, then 19, said: "I was wondering if I would ever be able to walk again. I couldn’t even think about anything else."
