A couple with plans to marry were robbed of their future together after the fiancé was diagnosed with a rare form of motor neurone disease just six weeks before he died. Christine Ridout and Stuart Lewis had been trying to get to the bottom of his recent breathing difficulties but were told by doctors his 'unknown' condition was 'not the end of the world' and put it down to anxiety.
Christine and Lewis met through work at the former mental health hospital Ty Catrin but only had 18 short months together before Stuart was informed he had Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a form of MND. The terrible disease which weakens the brain and nerves over time inevitably shortens life span and eventually leads to death, Wales Online reports.
Sadly, 45-year-old Stuart passed away from the condition on May 15 - only six weeks after his heart breaking diagnosis. Although Christine and Stuart's family knew that his diagnosis would eventually take his life, they claimed medics misdiagnosed him for more than a month after he first visited his GP with symptoms.
