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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Jaimie Kay & Joe Smith

Mum woke up with pins and needles - now incurable disease means she can hardly speak

A mum who woke up with pins and needles one morning last year was eventually diagnosed with a rare incurable disease.

Joanne Katchi, 50, first noticed the tinging sensation in October 2022 and it proceeded to get worse.

Eventually after she started to struggle with speech and her mobility got worse she was taken to hospital for tests.

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