Dad dies days following diagnosis after joking over 'bad back'

Dad dies days following diagnosis after joking over 'bad back' View 4 Images

A 38-year-old dad who joked his back pain was just due to 'getting old' was horrified when it turned out to be rectal cancer - and died days later. Steve Burrows died in a hospice on September 27, just three days after he was told his rectal cancer was stage four.

The dad-of-four had complained of twinges in his lower back in late July and assumed it was sciatica, doing yoga-style stretches to try to alleviate the pain. But when the pain became unbearable a month later he was rushed to hospital by ambulance and was told the seemingly common ailment was in fact rectal cancer. View 4 Images

A few weeks later Steve was told the devastating news that it was stage four and tragically died just days after. Steve'