Lancashire man left paralysed by rare disease is cured by listening to The Carpenters
A patient from Lancashire who was left almost completely paralysed from a rare disease has been cured - after listening to The Carpenters each evening.
Ian, from Blackpool, said: “I was sceptical at first, but it really worked. She asked me to do it before bed, and now I put The Carpenters on my Alexa every night. Ian was first struck down with Guillain-Barré syndrome when he was 21, before the condition, which affects the nervous system, returned 50 years later. He contracted the acute motor axonal neuropathy variant of the disease, which left him almost completely paralyzed and bed bound in June last year.
Ian’s speech was affected by the syndrome as it caused damage to his larynx, a tube that lets air pass through the back of your throat. But when he was referred to the Sue Ryder Neurological Care Centre he started on a course of music therapy with his specialist Clare. He added: “She wanted something I could relax to, and being of a certain age, The Carpenters was my choice. She told me to push away the thoughts, and just focus on the music.
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