Musician was RELIEVED to be diagnosed with MS

Guy Forteith, 23, from Oban, Scotland, was relieved to be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis after an optician thought could have a brain tumour

A musician was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 16 after an optician thought he might have a brain tumour.

Guy Forteith, 23, from Oban, Scotland, was referred for an MRI when he went to get his eyes checked.

When he was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease, Guy said he was relieved it wasn’t a tumour.

He told MailOnline: ‘I didn’t know what MS was so I kind of shrugged it off.

‘It could have been a brain tumour, it could have been worse.

‘The optician had seen something in my eye. She didn’t want to say anything but she thought it could have been a brain tumour.

‘I got sent down to Glasgow for an MRI.’

During the exam, the optician saw he had optic neuritis, when the optic nerve is inflamed.

The symptom is common in cases of both MS and brain tumours.

Multiple Sclerosis attacks the body’s immune systems, meaning that suffers are more susceptible to illnesses as their bodies weaken

Guy went to get his eyes tested when his sight started to get worse quickly. The optician saw he had optic neuritis, which is common in cases of both MS and brain tumours

Guy has problems with his eyesight and pengobatan jengger ayam cannot walk properly. He said: ‘My friends thought I was permentantly drunk.’ But his MS doesn’t affect his music as he plays his guitar by ear

The condition affects Guy’s eyesight and his ability to walk.

He said: ‘I noticed when I was walking wonkily, because I was carrying a heavy guitar everywhere.

‘I’m not good at walking distances, I need to hang onto something or someone.

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‘My friends thought I was permanently drunk, I wish!

‘I found it difficult to read the blackboards at school so I just had to listen more.

‘My short term memory gets a bit foggy with MS, but it’s just now and again.’

Even though he scored 100 per cent in his driving theory test, Guy’s poor eyesight meant that he couldn’t take the practical exam.

The risky therapy costs as much as £80,000. Guy said: ‘The doctor basically just said I wasn’t disabled enough so I was refused it’

The young musician also had to give up skateboarding when his balance deteriorated.

But music is one area that isn’t affected by MS, as Guy plays his guitar by ear.

He said: ‘When I started playing, I read music but on guitar it is not really about reading music. It’s about listening and playing.’

Guy’s lowered immune system means he finds travelling difficult.

He said: ‘I get quite anxious because you don’t know how its going to affect you.

‘I went to America last year around August time and I picked up bronchitis on the plane.

‘It was quite an effort getting through the airports.’

Guy is using his music to try and raise money for a pioneering new treatment for MS, using stem cells.

He has raised just over £2,500 for the costly treatment by playing gigs around Oban after he claimed doctors dismissed the idea.

He wasn’t allowed to sit his practical driving test because of his eyesight and struggles with anxiety when he travels. When he went to the U.S. last year, he caught bronchitis on the plane

The young musician had to give up skateboarding when his balance deteriorated. He is aiming to raise enough money to fund stem cell therapy which could halt his symptoms

He said: ‘It was never really discussed. This doctor basically just said I wasn’t disabled enough so I was refused it.