Dad’s eight-year battle with 'intense neck pain' was brain slipping into his spine

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LiverpoolEcho, Karl, from Wallasey, Wirral, said some days the condition still devastates him because he has never been able to put his daughter on his shoulders.

He said: "A lot of people felt sorry for me when I finally got a diagnosis but it was a relief because I’d been telling people that I was suffering for years and they hadn’t believed me."You start to question yourself about things.

Just knowing takes a lot of the weight off you."Some days the pain is so much that it’s difficult to move around and all I want to do is lie down."It’s devastating when my daughter wants to play and I’m not up to it.

Some dads get to put their children on their shoulders, but I’ve never got to do that.”Chiari Malformation Type 1 is commonly diagnosed in.