I love you all to bits, but I really need you to stop trying to help

Paul opens up on MS and hanging on to his independence

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Paul, of Helensburgh, explained: "I stumble and fall a lot more these days. I've got two walking poles but I only use them when I really need to because I don’t want to become over-reliant on them. It’s difficult to explain but I've really got to think hard to make sure I'm balanced.

"When I'm with someone and I start to lose my balance, they often try to catch me or stop me falling, but that can actually make the situation worse. So, I've had to have conversations with people in my life and ask them not to do that and to just give me a bit of time to try to regain my balance.

"A while ago I went to Auschwitz in Poland with my dad, because I'm interested in history. I didn’t have any walking aids back then so I was really struggling and my dad wanted to help me.

"I explained to him that I don’t know which way I'm going to fall and if someone tries to grab hold of me I’m going to end up jerking away and that'll probably lead to more risk of me falling.

"So, don’t try to grab hold of me, just let me stumble my way through it.