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07.03.2022 - 00:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
In just a matter of weeks, Mark Jones' life was turned upside down.
The dad-of-two was training for a marathon when he found a lump in his stomach back in December.
At first, he thought he may have developed a hernia while running a half marathon just weeks earlier.
But doctors later confirmed the lump to be kidney cancer, and told the 'active and sociable' 45-year-old he had just months to live.
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It was in the weeks leading up to Christmas that Mark, from Urmston, first realised something was wrong.
After noticing the lump, he became increasingly tired and began experiencing pains in his back and the side of his body.
"I knew there was something wrong," said Mark, who lives with his wife Sarah and daughters, Sadie, 3, and Poppy, 8.
"I thought it was a hernia at first. I'd been training for a marathon so I'd run a half marathon a few weeks before.
"Naturally, you're just thinking for the best. Cancer is the last thing on the list."
The Manchester United season ticket holder visited his GP, and was referred to hospital for a series of scans.
Last month, doctors delivered the devastating news that he had cancer.
"They confirmed it right out of the blue," said Mark.
"They said it had spread to my spine so they needed to do radiotherapy to shrink the nodes so I can move and walk.
"I was straight in hospital and had radiotherapy on the Saturday. I lost use of my legs because they put me into spinal shock.
"I had ten sessions of that for three weeks, not really understanding how bad it was.
"I didn't say anything to anyone at first because I wanted to understand what the prognosis was."
Doctors then told Mark the cancer was already so advanced it was 'incurable'.
"That was a bit of a shock," he said. "It all
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