A Dumbarton man with epilepsy has hit out at the DWP for insisting he’s fit to get a job – despite saying his deteriorating condition makes it impossible for him to work.
04.01.2023 - 15:15 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A devoted husband completed radical MS treatment to prevent his symptoms from worsening and his young wife - who suffered a brain aneurysm - from having to go into a care home. Scott and Suzanne McPhillimy, both 34, met at the age of 16 at high school.
The couple from East Kilbride tied the knot in 2014, but a year later Scott was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis aged 26. He thought Suzanne would need to care for him due to the degenerative condition.
But in November 2020, the couple's world fell apart when Suzanne was on a work call at home and suffered a brain aneurysm. She underwent several brain surgeries and was in a coma for three months - until February 2021 - before being transferred to a rehab unit the following month.
Suzanne was finally allowed to home in August 2021 but since then has been in a wheelchair and struggles with communication. In 2022, Scott travelled to Mexico for a four-week radical treatment aimed at preventing his MS from getting any worse.
The treatment called haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) aims to wipe out and regrow the immune system using stem cells and costs £45k. The treatment was paid for by a combination of donations, family help and remortgaging of their house.
HSCT is not offered in Scotland but can be commissioned on the NHS in England in extreme cases. Scott said it is a "million dollar question" whether or not the treatment worked and he will find out in around a year's time.
Scott, who works as a civil servant said: "The longer I go without my MS getting worse then it has worked, I won't know for about a year. I wasn't born with MS and I lived 20 to 25 years without it until something triggered it. If the treatment works, it will draw a line under my MS and I
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