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Linda Elsegood: Justin, from Scotland who uses LDN multiple scrosis.
Justin: Thanks. No problem.
Linda Elsegood: Could you tell us your ms. Story when you first got sick?
Justin: It is the way I first got sick. It was probably noticed about when I was 30 but 15 years ago, but now they can hide it maybe ten years before that. And that was five. I was falling every day.
I was dropping things. I couldn't talk, I couldn't walk the answer myself. I couldn't walk no a hundred yards. I couldn’t walk a hundred yards without having to take her a rest. Basically, my life was not very good.
Linda Elsegood: you had to rate your quality of life at that time on a score of one to 10, 10 being best, what would it have been?
Justin: That was not a good place mentally and physically. So I would say it was as low as one. Really.
Linda Elsegood: What would a typical day have been like for you at that time?
Justin: Typical day would be waking up, open my eyes. Dreading the day, just not looking forward to getting up too, because I leave to talk to people. I know I relate to confess, but I couldn't, I couldn't do it so I can add shied away.
I had aware when we inside myself and I just, wasn't looking for me to get up just get up forcing myself to get our show on a wash and a shave some days then haven't. But. Most days, but it wasn't very good. And
Linda Elsegood: how did you hear about LDN?
Justin: about an LDN in 2010. I got the result. I can't remember this neurologist named miss Southern general.
And she said there was no SPMS and it was on a slide, and it would probably be 18 months to two years and maybe be in a chair. So she recommended that I should go and. Reclaim my benefits because I was getting worse and it was while I was reclaiming my benefits, it was a total chance. The ghetto there was had to rate the forum for me because I couldn't even write, I couldn't even hold a pen.
And then she asked me what I was on and I said nothing. I say I want me to inject myself with Avonex twice a week to try and slow down the relapses. And she just. Last mission CDW. They're not trying to LDN. This is what the heck. No, I held her up, and she said, that's what I'm on. So it took me to go and to go and reclaim, to find out about that, which was fantastic.
And since then changed my life.
Linda Elsegood: Totally. Wow. was it easy getting a prescription?
Justin: Not from my own GP. I just met the one GP that knew me for 35 years would not write me a prescription for it. And in other GPS on the practice, all I'd done was I just went to our practice. We had a new that the people gotta get an LDN from.
So all I've done is made them an appointment to see the doctor at a specific doctor. And then. I think it was in 10 minutes, they took my blood pressure and looked me up a prescription.
Linda Elsegood: Wonderful. When you first started, did you notice any side effects?
Justin: Not one only one side effect of hiding. I tell people is complacency thinking that I'm not, not well it's what can not, well, I don't think I've got ms.
She honestly, that is just, it's been, I don't run about the house. Things like that, that you, you, you know, you shouldn't be doing, you shouldn't be able to do button by doing them again. So
Linda Elsegood: what's the typical day for you? Like now?
Justin: It's a typical day. I'm up at half-past five. I'm up. I walk every single day, every single day.
If I've not got my grandson, I'm working in a national park, my volunteer park ranger. National park. Which is a fine task, the best thing that's ever happened to me? And it's all. Thanks to LDN.
Linda Elsegood: You were telling me before we started that you wouldn't have been able to even hold your grandson, let alone look after him.
Justin: No, no, I wouldn't. I couldn't. I couldn't. My balance was don't have it. 65%. I was fallen asleep every tongue, every time I couldn't walk and look up at the same time. I had to, you know, I wasn't a very good place, but holding my son is just if anybody's got grandkids, they all know how to see. It was
Linda Elsegood: definitely well, that's amazing. What would you say to other people who are thinking of trying LDM it may be a little bit.
Justin: Okay. Can you give it a go? If you don't give it a go, you'll never know and sort of shake off. I've recommended a SABIC. That's probably about 20, you know, people run the boat, I have come to me, and I've never told anybody to buy, rate this and get online.
You can get up and go. I've told anybody to go through a doctor, find a doctor, that'll write you a prescription. And if it doesn't work for you, you're only going to lose 18 pounds, 50 nothing else, no side effects. Well, I personalized my, just my story. I have no side effects. Yeah. Tell everybody, go for it.
Nothing to lose and so much to gain.
Linda Elsegood: So did, what did I ask you? What your quality of life is like now on the score of one to 10
Justin: it's beyond 10. It's wow. That's exactly. Yes. It's my life, as I'm using right now. Well really
Linda Elsegood: long. May it continue and thank you very much for sharing your amazing inspirational story with us, and being a ranger up in Scotland must be really wow. We'll have to get you to take some photographs.
Justin: Yeah. If you go onto my Facebook page, you'll see some pictures that I've put on already, and every day I'm up, I'm going to try and put some more on it.
Linda Elsegood: Oh, okay. Thank you very much, Justin.
Justin: No problem. Thank you very much.
Linda Elsegood: I'd like to introduce Justin's mother Elizabeth, um, who wants to share her experience that she's observed Justin taking LDN for multiple sclerosis. Thank you for joining me, Elizabeth. Welcome.
Linda Elsegood: Could you tell us what you noticed when Justin started to take LDN?
Elizabeth: I noticed that he, it could stand outright and could walk. So, so to stick, it could speak besides letting his words and the main, he was just almost back to normal.
Linda Elsegood: Wow. That's amazing. He was telling me that he helps look after his grandson.
Elizabeth: Yes. He looks after his grandson two days a week for about five or six hours.
Linda Elsegood: Well, that's amazing. Isn't it? Could you explain what Justin was like before he started out at the end,
Elizabeth: before he started LDN and had no sense of balance, it was bumping into roles, and his legs were terrible.
Could hardly hold a pen. He couldn't write his name. Um, my husband and I were looking to get him off a wheelchair. It couldn't go out. So they had a staff, they took with them everywhere, and they had to walk near places like with railings or roles to hold onto and crossing the road was a nightmare for him because he couldn't keep his balance to Tommy's head.
Both ways to check. It was just, and not Justin. And since LDN, we've got Justin back,
Linda Elsegood: that's amazing. And it's very difficult for a parent to watch your child, regardless of what age you are, um, to actually be helpless, isn't it, you know, and I can understand from my parent's point of view when they saw me.
Uh, in a similar position to Justin, it's not easy. Is it from a parent's point of view?
Elizabeth: Devastating, especially since he, he fell and work one morning and buying cheese heads and put them in the brain and we thought we were going to lose him and luckily we didn't.
Linda Elsegood: yes. So, how would you like to sum up your views of LDM
Elizabeth: Amazing.
Linda Elsegood: Well, thank you very much for sharing that with us. It is with this. I really do appreciate it.
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