John Todd

Bridget and I, we sort of smiled and sort of made it quite clear that we were pleased with that revelation.

And Dr Gratwick sort of cut our celebrations, if you like, short.

He explained that it was an incurable condition.

There was no medication.

And I think he did give me an idea of life expectancy.

I remember at one point I said, so this is going to kill me then?

And he said, oh no.

He said, it won't kill you.

Excuse me, I know I'm a bit dense at times, but why have I got life expectancy if it's not going to kill me?

He said, the most likely

cause of death would be something like choking on, because you'll lose the ability to swallow, or pneumonia.

I'll be honest.

a lot of me was actually relieved that I had a reason for what was going on.

This is how certain it was.

He said, look, it always takes the same route.

Like it normally starts with a hand.

He said, then it will be, I think he said, it will be a leg goes to the right hand and then the left leg.

It's sort of same order apparently.

I remember him saying that it's pointless trying to fight it.

And he said, you just need to accept that this is going to happen.