For Croydon R&B singer Frankynero, the past six years have been the hardest he has ever had to endure.

The father-of-four's struggles began in October of 2012 when, as his wife Andrea Bonnett put it, night sweats, severe headaches and chest pains became a regular occurrence.

"He stopped singing, couldn't make anymore music and he spent most days sleeping in pain," she said.

"After spending weeks in hospital and after several tests he was diagnosed with a condition called polymyositis, where blood cells attack each other."

This meant he had to begin chemotherapy.

But as his physical state improved, Andrea worried about his mind.

"After this experience he gave up on his music," she said.

"It broke my heart because that same year he was doing so well."

All during this time they were moving house and looking to build a music studio.

This cost them thousands and saw the two older children sleeping on the floor as they "couldn't even afford beds for them."

"We had no money and those dreams seemed to be dead," Andrea said.

"He managed to set up the studio in our other living room just to keep himself busy. I was so happy he didn't give up, and he began to start writing songs again."

But at the end of 2013 he started feeling unwell so was admitted back in hospital they told him he had to have experimental treatment.

Years passed and the worst seemed to be behind the family.

But on the evening of March 14 this year, he had another relapse.

"Frankie couldn't feel anything," his wife said.

"I didn't know what to think and I stayed up all night and called the hospital as soon as it was bright.

"He said he just woke up not long ago and that they had done the operation.

"I was relieved that it all went well and then they told him it was actually a blood clot around 8cm on his spine which was removed."

Initially Frankie could only move his neck and they were told it could take weeks or even months to see any progress.

After a few days he felt some pain in his left leg. He slowly was able to move toes and eventually his foot and then leg.

"A very significant memorable moment was for our son's birthday," Andrea said.

"Frankie begged the hospital to let him come home for the day.

"A few more weeks later he has been coming home for few weekends for a couple hours.

"He has pushed himself so much so when he came home he tried to get in and out of our car and now he's able to do that is now able to use crutches and even walk up and down stairs with crutches.

"This journey is definitely a testimony and proves that only God has the final say."