Have you ever heard of Motor Neurone Disease before?
No, never.
So when he gave you your diagnosis.
I didn't want to know nothing about it, because I, I had to deal with it in my way and that's why I didn't want to know nothing about it. I still don't, to be honest, I think.
That's how you cope with it?
That's how I cope with it yeah. The little I know the better init? And then it can't go wrong can it? What I don't know it don't hurt, init? That's why I, I'd sooner block that out. I try to think I haven't got it.
Okay, so do you think the way he told your diagnosis was the best way he could've told you, for you?
Oh well I know I had summat it was better finding out. The waiting, I had to wait about a month to find out what I had like, you know what I mean? So it was quite, that was quite hard work but once I knew, just take it on the chin init?
So it was quite hard work, tell me what that was like?
What?
Waiting for the diagnosis.
Well, I had to be patient I suppose didn't I?
[Mmm] What were you thinking at the time?
What have I got? But no, I wasn't thinking about it actually. I didn't want to think about it. I didn't want to know what I had. That's the thing that, I tried to block it out. That's all.
Okay, so you came home, were you with your mum at the time?
Yeah she come to London with me, yeah.
Okay.
But we went shopping afterwards, so that was alright. Take my mind off it. |
