A man told he was going to die after being diagnosed with a terminal illness later discovered his symptoms had been caused - by his prescribed statin pills.
Paul Gill, 65, brought his wedding forward and was given the choice of dying at home or in a hospice after being told he had Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in June last year.
The former rugby league player was resigned to suffering a fate similar to fellow ex-Leeds Rhinos star Rob Burrow, who has been left wheelchair-bound by the condition.
There is currently no cure for MND, which affects the nerves and brain and slowly robs patients of the ability to walk, talk and eat.
But following six months of extensive therapy and life-prolonging treatment, Paul was shocked to find that his health had actually started to improve.
Paul Gill, 65, brought his wedding forward and was given the choice of dying at home or in a hospice after being told he had Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in June last year.
The former rugby league player was resigned to suffering a fate similar to fellow ex-Leeds Rhinos star Rob Burrow, who has been left wheelchair-bound by the condition.
There is currently no cure for MND, which affects the nerves and brain and slowly robs patients of the ability to walk, talk and eat.
But following six months of extensive therapy and life-prolonging treatment, Paul was shocked to find that his health had actually started to improve.
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00:00 My name's Paul Gill. I started struggling early 2023, January/February time, when I
00:08 realised I was really struggling to walk, particularly up hills, and also really struggling
00:13 climbing steps. I had lots of tests and eventually in June I was diagnosed with MMD. Thereafter
00:26 we had review meetings with the MMD team and after October I started slightly improving.
00:34 You know, I got stronger, more mobility, and I was ordered for a retest on my electrodes,
00:43 on the electro test at St Luke's, and amazingly on January the 25th I was misdiagnosed. It's
00:55 just unbelievable. So since my misdiagnosis I feel like I've got another chance. Obviously
01:08 the seven months prior to that they were very dark periods, but now we can look ahead. I'm
01:15 getting married in a couple of weeks and obviously that's going to be a huge celebration and
01:21 going on holiday thereafter. It really has just changed everything. Massively life changing.
01:33 The one big thank you, while I obviously was diagnosed with MMD, is the MMD team backing
01:39 me up and supporting me were incredible. That's everybody, dieticians, nurses, physios, they're
01:48 an amazing team and the support anybody with MMD gets is absolutely fantastic. Thank you.