Martin Sturman
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So there's a majority of the work there.
I then, as I say, Aviva, I was there for many years, left Aviva due to some unfortunate traumatic event outside.
So, yeah, when I originally came, I had a good job in the UK, again, at a call centre, had my own flat and everything.
And then, as I say, my father passed away in 22.
suddenly and because my parents moved over in 2019 just before covid they bought a house and was going to open a b&b so if anyone needs a room in the west coast of ireland we've got a b&b there and um ah and uh yes i after going back from the funeral stuff i landed i remember landing they get into my local train station phoning my mum i was like i don't want to be here anymore i want to come back so i made a plan i'm not just going to quit move over with no job or anything i was like all right i'm going to get a job
sorted, then move over, because obviously I've got somewhere to live from my mum.
So I managed to get a job at a laundrette, which was absolutely brilliant.
Now, unfortunately, that was when Isaiah, I think, got diagnosed.
I think they got drastically worse just after, as I say, Waffle got hit in the head.
And I just, unfortunately coincided with the same time as my dad passing away.
So when they both, so when it really got worse.
It just, all of a sudden I woke up randomly one morning and I was just, my whole arm was just flinging out.
Luckily, that's calmed down now.
I will move my arm around, but it's not to the extent where I used to just nearly elbowing people as they're walking past.
And that's what I thought, that's not right.
Not thinking it was Tourette's then, because me thinking, well, you can't develop, just randomly develop something.
And me thinking, well, I've just developed this random...
I'm thinking, not thinking, obviously, all the other slight minor tics I had before were potentially obviously other tics.
And I said, well, it must be something else.
So I went to doctors, blood tests, MRI scans, nothing wrong.