A MAN was given weeks to live after going to A&E with back pain thinking he had just pulled a muscle.

Dylan Lamb, 20, first noticed the problems in April last year after suffering with what he thought was a lower back injury.

After getting painkillers from his GP, he went to A&E with his mum, Kim, at the end of the month after the pain became "unbearable".

It was there a blood test confirmed Dylan's white blood cell count was "through the roof" and he was admitted to hospital for further tests.

Days later, the university student was having chemotherapy after being diagnosed with Precursor T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.

His girlfriend Phoebe Cole, 20, said: "He had this lower back pain that could have been multiple different things, he thought he had pulled a muscle.

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"We were coming home for Easter, and it got progressively worse, he lost his appetite and was being sick.

"It all happened so fast, he was diagnosed with Leukaemia and then three days later he was having chemotherapy."

Following a change in chemotherapy Dylan was told he was in remission on July 5, 2022.

A donor was found and Dylan underwent a stem cell transplant on September 22 and 23 before being discharged on October 6.

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Soon after, Dylan began feeling "normal again" and returned to university.

But in June this year the student started to feel the pain in his lower back once again.

"Literally two weeks ago the lower back pain came back and he said he knows this pain and it felt familiar," Phoebe explained.

"He went back to his doctors at Nottingham City Hospital and asked them to check him over.

"A blood test showed nothing and he went home. He admitted himself into hospital as he wanted an MRI, it showed nothing, and he had another blood test on June 29 which showed his blood cells were inclined.

"He was told the Leukaemia has come back and he has weeks or months left to live. It was a massive shock to the system, especially as we had been told he was fine, not fine and fine again.

"His family are amazing and are supporting him. He is keeping his sense of humour and is being really up beat, but I know deep down he must be scared."

Now, Dylan's only option for life-saving treatment is a clinical trial in the US which would involve CAR T Therapy and Base Editing where the DNA of T cells are taken from the donor and re-engineered so they attack only the Leukaemia and not each other.

'DEVASTATING'

The treatment could cost more than £500,000 and Dylan's family have created a GoFundMe page to try and raise enough money to fly over to America and get the treatment.

The fundraiser for Dylan has raised over £50,000 at the time of writing.

His Auntie, Kelly Payne, described how the effect of Dynan's treatment was "devastating".

The page description reads: "Dylan is a kind, funny, genuine, nice, caring young man, loving life. Heart-broken does not even begin to explain how the whole family felt.

"The effect this treatment had on Dylan's body and mental health was devastating. His face swollen and puffy due to high doses of steroids, his stomach extremely swollen due to his internal organs swelling making it impossible for him to sleep and effects on his mental health which left him not wanting to see his loved ones."

Phoebe added: "It will be life changing for him and for the rest of us [to get treatment in the US}.

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"The support so far has been insane, the most amazing thing to see is the amount of people who don't know him who are donating. It means so much to us all."

You can donate to Dylan's GoFundMe page here.

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