Brisbane man diagnosed with stage-4 melanoma after developing severe back pain

Kyle Walker was such in “excruciating” pain in his back, he could barely move.

Although painkillers did next to nothing to provide relief, the Brisbane resident “pushed through” for eight more days.

Finally, the pain proved too much and he took himself to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital emergency department on January 11 this year.

“They gave me a muscle relaxant injection thinking it was most likely just a severe muscle strain and advised me to see my GP the following…