Leyton John was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis after his health deteriorated
A man whose health detoriorated before he collapsed and ended up in a wheelchair decided to join the circus to give himself a new lease of life. Fun-loving, Leyton John, 56, had filled his days working as a stand-up comedian, an actor and a teacher before he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
He explained: "I'm in a wheelchair, I can't walk anymore. That was an overnight thing. I was caring for my father at the time, then I collapsed, I was taken to hospital where I was in a hospital bed for three and a half weeks, and they told me you're never going to walk again, you're never going to stand again. It was very much an overnight thing.
Leyton began to face life alone, determined to live without 24-hour care and assistance. He sat in his new flat facing a completely different life ahead of him after his shock diagnosis and decided he needed to do something to stay active. Top news stories today "Maybe six weeks afterwards she phoned me and said, 'We've got an Arts Council grant', and I said, 'what for?'. And she said, 'Your show'. I asked, 'What show' and she said, 'The things you were telling me about, your life.
"Six months later I was in the big top flying. It's more of a verbal clown act, contemporary clowning has changed now, it's not the red nose and custard pies anymore, it's more of a comedy-based thing where physical comedy is involved. I rely heavily on verbal comedy. The show I do now does have physical comedy in it and I do fly in it.
"The wheelchair does a lot of work for me, it is very graceful gliding around the stage in figures of eight. Being part of the circus has saved my life, and I don't think that's an exaggeration.
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