LiverpoolEcho, Karl, from Wallasey, Wirral, said some days the condition still devastates him because he has never been able to put his daughter on his shoulders.
He said: "A lot of people felt sorry for me when I finally got a diagnosis but it was a relief because I’d been telling people that I was suffering for years and they hadn’t believed me."You start to question yourself about things.
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