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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

‘Paramedics thought I was having a panic attack, but I was actually paralysed by a stroke’

Rebecca Waller was working from home one Friday afternoon when she started to feel immense pressure in her upper back, as well as pins and needles in her arms.

The 26-year-old finished her call and lay in agony on her bed, hoping for the pain to pass. But as the pain worsened, she started to lose the ability to move from the neck down.

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