A man was diagnosed with cancer after experiencing symptoms similar to an upset stomach, according to the Daily Mail.

“I felt like I had a hangover and only went to the doctors after my family convinced me to,” the publication quotes the victim as saying.

As stated in the publication, 60-year-old Tim Blackburn suddenly began to feel tired and experience symptoms of an upset stomach in December 2022.

At the hospital, doctors told the man that his kidneys were failing, and subsequent tests revealed that he had myeloma, a rare type of blood cancer, RIA Novosti reports. 

It is emphasized that after nine months of chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation, his cancer went into remission.