Hello You 47: 'I'm making the most of what I have'

How do you life your life, when you don’t know how much life you have left to live?

Last spring, Nick Deane - a previously fit and active fifty-something, a Parkrun stalwart and a member of the Shropshire Shufflers - experienced the first symptoms of motor neurone disease.

In this episode of Hello You, Nick tells his story, and shares his thoughts about living with an incurable condition for which there is no treatment. He talks about how he was diagnosed, the support he’s had from the NHS, and about his amazing fundraising efforts for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Can you help him crack £50,000?

Find Nick Deane on X/Twitter and Instagram.

Also in this episode:

• avoiding the news, and avoiding news about the news

• have you been diagnosed with autism in mid-life?

• Exploitation Drive-In Movie or Local News Headline?

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Hello You 48 will be with you on Monday. It’s a Bench recorded at Mumma’s Emporium in Shrewsbury. It’s fun, joyful, informative, surprising and a bit weird. Subscribe so you don’t miss it, or any future episodes:

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Take care of yourself, and take care of the people around you. Have a good weekend!