Samantha Smith, from Greater Manchester, suffers from Ehlers Danlos syndrome, which weakens the body's connective tissues causing pain, dislocations and cardiac abnormalities. "I am in constant pain in my neck, head and spine and week in, week out my neurological damage is becoming harder to ignore." Samantha, also said her children Jensen, 10, and Brooke, eight, were left wondering if this was their last Christmas together. (Image: Rochdale Observer)(Image: MEN MEDIA)Soon, Samantha became wheelchair dependent and unable to be upright without agonising pain, and memory loss. She said the idea of returning to the UK and telling people the surgery was not successful "broke her".

Source: Daily Mirror January 05, 2019 21:00 UTC