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By Andy Donley
BBC Sport – May 28, 2016
“I’m not brave, I just get on with it. What else can I do?”
So says Graeme Robertson, although most would disagree.
The 53-year-old, from Berkshire, has lived with primary progressive multiple sclerosis since 1998. It is steadily making him weaker and he now struggles to walk unaided.
But Graeme – who has a 10-year-old daughter and two stepchildren with his wife, Sue – has refused to allow his condition to define him.
On the contrary, he has rekindled his childhood passion for golf to raise awareness of disability sport, rising to the position of captain for the England disabled golf team.
“I don’t think of myself as an inspiration because all I do is get on with my life,” he said.
“A lot of people say to me ‘you’re amazing, you’re brave’ and I’m thinking ‘no, I’m not brave’. I just get on with it. What else can I do?’
“But I am proud of myself. When you look around the room you can see people who are friends, and they wouldn’t know each other if it wasn’t for us.
“It’s been great for me, this journey, playing golf again, and I’d like to persuade other people to do the same.
“We’re affecting peoples’ lives, and that’s more important than anything really isn’t it? Putting smiles on peoples’ faces.”
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Primary progressive MS is a rare form of the disease, with which patients see a gradual decline in their health
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