Woman left paralysed by cancer walks after 'incredible' recovery

79-year-old Sylvia has shocked doctors

- Sentinel Reporter

WALKING: Sylvia during physio.

A WOMAN left paralysed due to a rare complication of her cancer has shocked doctors by learning to walk again.

Sylvia Cameron, 79, who was born in Stoke-on-Trent and now lives in Evesham, was diagnosed with paraplegic lymphoma, which had left her bed-bound.

Specialists at Worcestershire Royal Hospital found that non-Hodgkin lymphoma was causing tumours which were compressing her spinal nerve and led to paralysis of her legs and lower body.

Consultant Haematologist, Dr Salim Shafeek, put Sylvia on a strong course of chemotherapy treatment to shrink the tumours on her spinal cord which were causing the paralysis, but her medical team did not expect her to ever walk again.