article_snippet: Miss Brautigam (pictured), of Doncaster, has been close to death dozens of times .
article_snippet: Miss Brautigam, who wants to be a burlesque dancer, has rapid palpitations that cause her heart to stop beating and her blood pressure to fall to what doctors record as clinically dead.
article_snippet: Miss Brautigam said: ‘There are signs before it happens - I’ll feel dizzy or sick and really tired
article_snippet: In hospital: A combination of her postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and joint hypermobility syndrome have resulted in Miss Brautiga visiting A&E 64 times in the same year .
article_snippet: Miss Brautigam was a canoeing fanatic who made it to the GB squad and was training six days a week when Miss Brautigam was diagnosed and Miss Brautigam dreams 'came crashing down'.
article_snippet: Miss Brautigam was told Miss Brautigam could no longer take part in the sport and Miss Brautigam dreams of joining the Navy were also left in tatters.
article_snippet: Miss Brautigam Miss Brautigam added: ‘I had 10 years of being out every weekend canoeing and being so active and it all came crashing down.
article_snippet: Miss Brautigam Miss Brautigam was pronounced clinically dead 36 times in 2012 but has since began burlesque chair dancing, which Miss Brautigam said ‘has given me a new lease of life’.
highlights_snippet: Sarah Brautigam, of Doncaster, has been close to death dozens of times .
  
highlights_snippet: Miss Brautigam has rapid palpitations that cause heart to stop beating .
  