A mum who at first brushed off her back pain as just an ordinary strain instead wound up being rushed into life-changing surgery after she lost feeling in her legs.
About a month before the first lockdown Zoe Fox, from west London, had begun to notice pain around her spine. The 36-year-old marketing executive's pain went on for around a week and she decided to seek help.
But as she was getting out of a cab on the day of her daughter's first birthday she realised to her horror she could no longer feel her legs.
She was rushed to hospital where a MRI scan revealed she had a herniated disc (also known as slipped disc) that was crushing her spinal cord, specifically a key bundle of nerves known as the Cauda Equina. "I was terrified when they
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