Rob Burrow taught us a valuable life lesson through his fight with MND

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Politics understandably is dominating the landscape but it’s worth pausing for a moment and reflecting on the life of the great Rob Burrow, who sadly died at the young age of 41, on Sunday.

Watching the BBC program on him, my heart was touched by Rob’s final message for all of us. His speech was recorded for the BBC documentary ‘There’s Only One Rob Burrow.’ His final words are powerful. He said: “I hope one day we find a cure and live in a world free from MND. By the time that you watch this I will no longer be here. I am just a lad from Yorkshire who got to live out his dream of playing rugby league.

He knew his running days were done but his nephew, Christopher, offered to push him in his improvised wheelchair in one last marathon. I believe they ended up doing four more marathons together. The book was my first introduction to the horrors of this disease, the impact on lives affected and how medicine had yet to offer a viable cure or treatment.

 

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