Troy delighted to be home

Nov. 20, 2014, noon

A MONTH after returning from Moscow where he received ground-breaking treatment for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Albion Park Rails Troy Eccleston is starting to show marked signs of improvement.

Ainslie Sackey and Troy Eccleston at their Albion Park Rail home on Thursday. Picture: GEORGIA MATTS

A MONTH after returning from Moscow where he received ground-breaking treatment for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Albion Park Rails Troy Eccleston is starting to show marked signs of improvement.

Thanks to the tremendous support of family and friends, more than $70,000 was raised to send him to PirigovMedical Surgical Centre, Russia.

Troyis now back home and has already noticed some of the effects of the disease easing and he is feeling much stronger.

I have a 100 percent improvement in my leg rigidity and spasticity, my heat intolerance has eased and there is around 80 percent improvement in colunas (involuntary bouncing) of my legs, Mr Eccleston said.

When I returned from Russia I was very weak as a result of my treatment and the long flight and required lots of rest and good food to help me recuperate, but I am getting noticeably stronger each day.

I have just started walking short distances with the assistance of rail support after eight weeks in a wheelchair and I am due to start a rehabilitation program in January.

At the moment I am on track to fulfil my ultimate goal and walk down the aisle with my fiance, Ainslie (Sackey), when we are married on March 28 next year.

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Troy delighted to be home