A mum of two who started noticing symptoms after the birth of her second child was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Jessica O’Hare, 40, had her second child in 2009 and soon found herself feeling numb, among other symptoms of the condition. Over 130,000 people live with MS in the UK.
The condition can affect the brain, and spinal cord and damage nerves in your body and make it harder to do everyday things, like walk, talk, eat and think. Jessica’s symptoms included parts of her body going numb, fatigue and pins and needles, but it was only after both her arms, legs and her lower torso went numb that she was referred to a neurologist in 2018, and finally got an MS diagnosis.
