A dad was diagnosed with an incurable condition after initially being told by doctors that his pain was being caused by a 'pinched nerve'.
John Roche had been suffering from a "horrible aching sensation" in his left shoulder blade for three years. However, it wasn't until he visited a neurologist that he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease when he was 50 years old.
He said: "It was a shock obviously because I'd gone with a problem that I thought was a minor surgery. At that time, I didn't even know Parkinson's was an incurable neurological condition." John added that he hadn't noticed the 'Parkinson's mask' he unconsciously wore as he lost control of his facial muscles, the Liverpool Echo reports.
The man, from Lydiate, said: "The natural thing is to think that I'm upset about something or I'm angry, because I'm quite a light hearted person, but when you're on my side of the face, you think you're smiling and people generally don't tell you until eventually, those close to you will say, 'Is everything okay?
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