An Australian stroke victim who has been paralyzed for more than two decades can walk again after being treated with the popular anti-wrinkle drug Botox.
Russel McPhee, from Gippsland, Victoria was a fit, healthy meat worker who played football, cricket and basketball when, at the age of 26, he collapsed suddenly at work.
When he woke up in hospital he was told he had suffered a devastating stroke and that he would never walk again.
"I felt my life had ended," he told The Times. "I lost my job, my wife left me, and I ended up with nothing."
Today, McPhee, 49, can walk almost unaided for more than 20 yards and can cover more than 100 yards with walker.
His dramatic improvement came after he was treated with the botulinum toxin injections, at the St. John of God rehabilitation center in Nepean, Victoria.
Just one month after his first Botox injection, he was able to stand up and walk a few yards.
