'I had my first seizure during Euro 2020... now I can't even take a bath'

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The half time whistle had just been blown when Courtney McDonald stepped out to the bathroom. England's chance of beating Ukraine in the Euro 2020 quarter final were looking promising.

But Courtney never got to see how the game panned out. The next thing she recalls is waking up on her bed to find paramedics standing over her. READ MORE: 'Please section my mum': Family's desperate, unheard pleas to get help for troubled mum before tragic death Her 14-year-old younger brother had to phone for an ambulance after she collapsed on the bathroom floor, having suffered a terrifying seizure.

Four months on from the Euro game on July 3 last year, the 21-year-old who lives in Bury, was diagnosed with epilepsy. The neurological condition is thought to affect around one in every 100 people in the UK and can happen to anyone, at any age.

Courtney admittedly knew very little about epilepsy before receiving her diagnosis from a neurologist last November. Now she's been forced to put her dreams of working in healthcare on hold, and is coming to terms with the loss of independence that comes with the condition. "There are so many simple things people take for granted like I did before," Courtney said. "Simple things like I can't have a bath in case I have a seizure.