She was like any other healthy 23-year-old girl until she began suffering from debilitating chest pain and fainting spells that left her homebound. Alicia Fairclough, from Liverpool, England, said doctors assured her the symptoms, which lasted 8 months, were due to a previous kidney infection. However, the ex-professional dancer and dance teacher insisted on having … Read more
A 22-year-old Canadian woman struggling with a debilitating case of Lyme disease committed suicide “to free herself from the unbearable pain,” her grieving dad said. “It is with the heaviest of hearts (and still in shock) that I share the tragic news that our sweetheart Amelie (22) took her own life this past Sunday,” Alain … Read more
She’s certainly not defying gravity. A young woman who is “allergic to gravity” is speaking out about her debilitating condition, claiming she spends 23 hours a day in bed and is unable to stand upright for more than three minutes without passing out. Lyndsi Johnson, 28, suffers from postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome — a condition … Read more