![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/nurses-world-collapsed-in-as-sporadic-back-pain-was-actually-terminal-cancer/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0_HVR_MEN_271022_raad_islam.jpg&description=Raad Islam, 32, is now hoping to raise awareness of one of the most deadly forms of cancer - lung cancer - after being diagnosed in 2021 and feeling like his whole world "collapsed in on itself"Raad says after receiving his diagnosis he was left 'broken, like his core had collapsed in on itself' A man who worked on the frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic was handed a horrifying diagnosis after his sporadic back pain took a bad turn. Raad Islam, 32, who worked as an intensive care nurse during the coronavirus pandemic, initially thought that he was just suffering a bit of sporadic back pain while working long and heavy hours. But two years on, the agony became unbearable and so bad that he was left unable to walk, report Manchester Evening News. After visiting doctors in the summer of 2021, the nurse, got a shocking diagnosis from medics - terminal lung cancer. The devastating news left Raad completely shattered and "broken, like his core had collapsed in on itself". But now, just a year after his shocking diagnosis, the 32-year-old is trying to raise awareness of lung cancer. He hopes that by bringing to light his experience that others will take notice of their symptoms and see their GPs quicker. Raad continued to worked through the Covid-19 pandemic as an intensive care nurse ( Raad Islam/The Christie) Speaking about why he initially went to the doctors, Raad, who has never smoked, said: 'I had been experiencing sporadic back pain for a few years. 'However, it got worse towards the end of 2019 and was very painful by the summer of 2020. 'There were periods of stability, but by March 2021, it was so bad I could no longer work. A month later and I could no longer walk." The man, from Gorton in Manchester, went on to say: 'A scan confirmed the worst, that I had cancer, and the day after, I was admitted to hospital. I was then referred to The Christie for cancer treatment.' Raad continued to say that his family and friends were thrown into grief after they learnt o){kind=link}
Raad Islam, 32, is now hoping to raise awareness of one of the most deadly forms of cancer – lung cancer – after being diagnosed in 2021 and feeling like his whole world “collapsed in on itself”
A man who worked on the frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic was handed a horrifying diagnosis after his sporadic back pain took a bad turn.
Raad Islam, 32, who worked as an intensive care nurse during the coronavirus pandemic, initially thought that he was just suffering a bit of sporadic back pain while working long and heavy hours.
But two years on, the agony became unbearable and so bad that he was left unable to walk, report Manchester Evening News.
After visiting doctors in the summer of 2021, the nurse, got a shocking diagnosis from medics – terminal lung cancer.