A woman has shared her frustration after her landlord capped her gas supply, after she missed engineer appointments due to her poor health. Shelly Van Damme claims her poor health has led to repeated hospital visits - something the cold has only worsened.
Shelly has a nine-year-old daughter named Skye, and struggles with her health on a daily basis. The 40-year-old suffers from severe arthritis in her legs and jaw, as well as fibromyalgia - conditions which worsen significantly in cold conditions.
“I fell down the stairs in November last year after a vertigo attack," Shelly said, when speaking to Gloucestershire Live. "I thought I had damaged my tendons and was sent for an MRI scan. The scan showed I have arthritis, and fibromyalgia in my back, neck and shoulders. Recently I was also diagnosed with having arthritis in my jaw and when I do not have heating or hot water it makes my health worse.”
