diagnosis

“I was in denial of what it had done to me,” he says of his cancer diagnosis.

"I hope that it helps with the diagnosis process," she said.

Moody, 47, learned he had the degenerative, muscle-wasting condition two weeks ago and has told BBC Breakfast that he is struggling to confront the implications of his diagnosis.

According to the charity MND Association, the disease kills a third of people within a year and more than half within two years of diagnosis.

Meagan, who is now 28, says her father was angry that it had taken so long to get a diagnosis.