how spinal tumours can suddenly go from not having any effect to causing loss of mobility

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Oddly specific question but my brother was recently diagnosed with blood cancer after being rushed to the hospital

In the space of about 2 days he went from being totally fine to being unable to walk due to the tumours on his spine and is now looking at an 18 month time frame before he can walk properly again

Literally the day before he went to hospital he was stood playing beatsaber on VR.

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Think of the spinal column as the main highway for the nervous system in your body. Normally, everything flows fine and you don’t notice any issues. But if something happens that interrupts that flow, such as tumors putting pressure on the nerves or damage from an accident, suddenly your brain cannot communicate with parts of your body, leading to numbness or even paralysis.

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