article_snippet.sent: Gemma assumed partying in six-inch heels during Gemma stopover was the cause of the pain in Gemma legs.
article_snippet.sent: Gemma was used to getting sore feet from partying in heels and never thought Gemma might end up paralysed .
article_snippet.sent: Tests in October 2011 confirmed the diagnosis which led to Gemma first having to use crutches - and now a wheelchair.
article_snippet.sent: Gemma spent seven months in the specialist Walton Neuro Rehabilitation Unit in Merseyside where Gemma learned to talk, write and even partly walk again.
article_snippet.sent: Gemma said: 'People think sexy and disability don't go together, that you can't be sexy in a wheelchair, that you can't be glamorous, but I want to show that you can. '
article_snippet.sent: After tests confirmed Gemma diagnosis, Gemma spent months in the specialist Walton Neuro Rehabilitation Unit . '
article_snippet.sent: Gemma will soon move to a bungalow with Gemma boyfriend because Gemma finds it increasingly difficult to get upstairs.
article_snippet.sent: And Gemma admits having to use Gemma wheelchair more frequently has previously left Gemma in tears.
article_snippet.sent: Gemma added: 'It's about seeing beyond the metal and the rubber, her wheelchair, to see the person behind it or in it.'
article_snippet.sent: Gemma, pictured with the mobility scooter Gemma sometimes uses to get around . '