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Living with Motor Neurone Disease

David would also like to thank his wife Christina for posting all his books as he cannot get to the post office with arthritis in his feet. He would also sincerely like to thank his associate, Mr Tony Brooks, for his advice and design of books.  David would never have started if it wasn’t for Tony and his wife assisting in design works, and allowing the wonderful story by Brenda Scalf Burchfield with kind permission. 

Motor Neurone disease is a severely life-shortening condition for most people. It mainly affects people in their 40s through to their 70s, but it can affect adults of all ages. Blood tests are taken, along with a scan of the brain and spine, then tests to measure the electrical activity in one’s muscles and nerves, then possibly a lumbar puncture to remove the fluid within one’s spine.

Life expectancy for about half of those with the condition is three years from the start of the symptoms, however, some people may live up to ten years.

As the condition progresses people will find some or all activities increasingly difficult. In about 5% of cases there’s a family history of a related condition called frontotemporal dementia. Weight loss is a possibility as arms or leg muscles may become thinner over time. The symptoms begin over weeks and months, usually on one side of the body initially, and get progressively worse. Symptoms include a weakened grip, weakness at the shoulder that makes lifting the arm difficult, a ‘foot drop’ caused by weak ankle muscles, dragging the leg, and slurred speech is next, as the damage progresses, symptoms spread to other parts of the body and the condition becomes debilitating.

Sadly as yet, there is no cure, and that is why I spend hours writing to raise funds for people with this cruel disease, the same disease that took a dear friend, and I vowed to his wife I would help and that’s what I’m trying so hard to do, hoping what little I get goes to those who have this.

End of life with motor neurone disease isn’t usually distressing. Sadly a person with this horrible disease will pass away in their sleep as the end stage of gradual weakness is in their breathing muscles.

David is 77 himself this year on November 3rd, and despite his severe disabilities wishes to help others so if you would like to help David, contact him today. So far MNDA can confirm he has raised £3,000.27p and David says he would like to go on further if God allows.

So if you can help him please do so – literally every penny helps.

Please help David raise more funds to help people with this incurable disease.

Thank you.