At first Charlotte, 28, thought she had carpal tunnel syndrome - but she will soon be paralysed
A mum who was told she likely suffered from carpal tunnel syndrome after feeling numbness in her right hand during her pregnancy has been given just a few years to live after scans revealed she will soon be paralysed. Charlotte Parker, 28, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis nine months after giving birth and is now trying to create “happy memories” with her young family while there is still time.
“At the moment my life is so fast paced that I don’t really have much time to slow down and think about what’s happening. “Doing day-to-day tasks while trying to learn how to look after a newborn baby was definitely a challenge.” “I got called in to see the neurologist quite quickly after that, which is when he advised that he strongly believed that it was MND-ALS.”ALS, the most common motor neurone disease, is incurable and causes progressive weakness and paralysis, usually leading to death within three to five years, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke said. Charlotte’s worst fears were confirmed after she visited John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford in July and was formally diagnosed.
“Each person’s story is different,” she said. “It’s such a maze on how one person’s body deteriorates to the next.”The mum, who does not have life insurance, plans on continuing to work for “as long as possible”.Charlotte was diagnosed nine months after giving birth “I fell pregnant and it just got pushed to the side. I didn’t want to get married nine months’ pregnant,” she said.
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