Moira Chittdenden was diagnosed with the terminal illness last year after struggling with muscle weakness on one side of her body
A brave Scots woman who was unable to turn left on a bicycle without losing her balance and falling off believes it was the start of her Motor Neurone Disease.
Remembering the first time she felt something was wrong, she said: “I started having to ask my husband John to take off lids for me in November 2019. By January it was still getting worse and when John noticed muscle loss in my left hand between my thumb and forefinger, he insisted that I needed to see my GP.
Moira underwent a nerve conduction study in October last year and was given the devastating diagnosis just two days later. She added: “I have developed muscle stiffness and muscle atrophy which makes things that I once found simple really difficult. The biggest challenge is finding ways to cope.
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