A man was left paralyzed from the chest down after his back pain turned out to be testicular cancer .

Mal Nash, 42, had been suffering back pain for six months when he went to the doctor after it became too painful to ignore.

He was told it was nerve pain and sent home with painkillers but he continued to “seize up” and was losing his ability to walk.

After two more trips to A&E an MRI scan diagnosed Mal with a form of testicular cancer called ‘Metastic Seminoma’.

The cancer had spread, making its way into his spine between the T6 and T7 causing his week of slow paralysis.

By the time of the diagnosis, his entire body from the chest down was completely paralyzed — and he has now been told it is likely “lifelong”.

His twin brother, Kevin, 42, a window cleaner, from Newton Abbot, Dev

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