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Cancer Patient Releases Graphic Pictures of His Tumour-Riddled Back to Demand Legalisation of Cannabis in Australia for Pain Relief

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 04/05/2016 - 08:59

Doctors discovered a chordoma - a rare football-sized tumour - had grown off Paul Lawrence's spine. Surgeons removed it in a world first operation that left considerable scarring (pictured)

A cancer patient in agonising pain has shared graphic pictures of his tumour-scarred back as he calls for cannabis to be legalised.

When Wollongong father Paul Lawrence, 53, wakes up in the morning he feels like he has been 'hit by a train'. 

Six years ago doctors discovered a rare and massive tumour, known as a chordoma, growing from his spine and crushing his spinal cord. 

'I was given a month to live. I was announced inoperable,' Mr Lawrence told Daily Mail Australia. 

'(But) I was fortunate enough to get recommended to a doctor willing to give it a go.'

So in a marathon surgery doctors at Prince of Wales Hospital sliced...

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