Gary Mackenzie was initially told it was unlikely he had Motor Neurone Disease, before being diagnosed eight months later when his condition deteriorated.
A Scots dad who went to his GP after suffering from muscle spasms believes he knew he had Motor Neurone Disease before medics did. Gary Mackenzie, from Cowdenbeath, Fife, was diagnosed with the terminal illness just days before Christmas last year after he began to struggle with sporadic muscle spasms and developed a stutter.
Gary was told he would be monitored and should present himself again if his symptoms worsened. The previously fit and healthy dad's condition deteriorated and he returned to the neurology department in September. "It was shocking how long it took me to get diagnosed. It was frustrating matching my symptoms online to MND but not being able to start treatment or really understand what was happening.
Gary and his wife Nicola have decided not to tell their two children Teigan, 10, and Paige, 7, the full details of his illness and are concentrating on the future. "They have both been amazing, they are like young carers. I couldn't ask for better kids", he said.
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