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'I thought I had a bad neck from watching TV - within minutes I was paralysed for life'

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movements every day," he added.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.When learning his condition would be permanent, Darren admitted his mood dropped, despite trying to hide it.He said: "Nothing can prepare you for the news that you'll never walk again, but to be told this along with the fact I'd never be able to use my hands again was devastating."I feel like I'm just a burden to everyone which doesn't help my depression and anxiety."Despite everything he has been through, Darren said his family have been "very supportive" throughout his treatment and added that his mother has even put off having heart and hip surgery because of his situation.He also praises the support and dedication from his medical team throughout the pandemic. "Staff at Rookwood went above and beyond to keep the ward Covid free throughout the whole time we were there, which to my knowledge is one of the only wards, nursing homes or medical facilities to do so," he said."Nurses gave up so much, even isolating from their own families to care for the patients on the spinal unit as we were classed as high risk and probably wouldn't have survived the initial outbreak of the pandemic due to low immune system and respiratory problems."Due to his condition, Darren cannot return to his old home with his family and requires a new home with 24-hour care.A GoFundMe campaign has now been launched in a bid to buy him specialist equipment for the house, based in Cwmbach, and give him "the best opportunity to live his life to the fullest without the worry"..

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