article_snippet.sent: It started as a little ache in my back
article_snippet.sent: and I thought It was my bad posture, but It kept getting worse and worse,'
article_snippet.sent: I was in incredible pain and nothing would work. 
article_snippet.sent: I honestly thought I was going to die - incredible pain was worse than childbirth.'
article_snippet.sent: They said (the numbness) would go all the way up my arms and into my chest and
article_snippet.sent: They told me at my bedside that I'd never walk again and I just felt numb