Since the shared challenges of living with multiple sclerosis (MS) brought wheelchair user Barry MacDowell together with the love of his life, the couple were never able to stand next to each other, let alone dance.That’s why there wasn’t a dry eye in the house when Barry performed the seemingly impossible: he rose from his wheelchair on their wedding day and took his bride, Emma, into his arms for the first dance.Barry, known as Bar, and Emma were diagnosed with MS within a year of one another.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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He was forced to wait a staggering 12 years for his diagnosis despite the fact his late father also had MS. Bar was diagnosed a year before his dad died but chose not to tell him as he was so ill.Having used an electric wheelchair full-time for around four years, Bar – whose deteriorating health forced him to give up his job as a vehicle technician – also lives with cognitive fog, memory issues, and vision problems.
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