My brother Andrew died from progressive bulbar palsy
It is a particularly fast version of Motor Neurone Disease
He was in his late fifties when it took hold.
For over six months I have been concerned I have shared some of the early symptoms of this horrible disease.
I have experienced increasingly troublesome moments of choking, sudden bouts of coughing and sudden moments of irritation in relating to swallowing.
I'm 57
The disease occurs in geographical clusters, and one such cluster remains in North Wales
For six months I have said nothing to anyone with the exception of my doctor who wasn't particularly helpful at first.
Last week I was finally reassured that I am indeed suffering from an atypical chronic rhinitis- an irritating but fairly benign condition that interrupted one of my favourite songs at the choir concert by giving me a sudden coughing fit.
I'm glad I never added to everyone's woes by not complaining at it at the time, but I'm saying that as the memory of those cold blood freeze moments , usually experienced all alone in the middle of the night, have now all but been erased from my mind.
Funny how your brain plays tricks on you
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