article_snippet: Karen MacLachlan had climbed the Great Wall of China, canoed down one of France's longest rivers and danced for more than a decade.
article_snippet: Doctors were amazed that I'd lived with this condition for so long and never had any problems before.'
article_snippet: I'd danced for 10 years, canoed one of the longest rivers in France and never had any symptoms, so it was a shock to everyone.'
article_snippet: Unaware: Doctors were amazed Ms MacLachlan had lived with this condition for so long and never had any problems before. '