A 21-year-old woman battling a mystery illness doesn't have diagnosis after months of crippling back pain, hair loss and extreme fatigue.
For almost five months, Grace Almey has been in and out of hospital in an attempt to get to the bottom of her mystery illness.
But after multiple tests and a slew of appointments with experts, she still doesn't have a formal diagnosis. “This has been the darkest period of my life,” Grace said. “It has completely taken over my life and put everything on hold for me. “I have had extensive time off work, missed concerts, two holidays and any social events that I had planned.
For a long time I couldn't go to the shop or leave the house. It's isolating and depressing. “It has made me feel extremely hopeless.” Grace's problems started on January 29 when, after suffering with a sharp pain in her back and hip for two days, she went to A&E for help.
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