Kat Wright, 37, was diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a condition that can cause very flexible joints.

She was able to manage the condition with walking aids and medication.

Kat Wright has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (Image: Denise Bradley)

But for the last three months, her life has shrunk to the walls of her home after spinal spasms caused her pain she describes as "worse than labour" on the weekend of her 12th wedding anniversary.

She said: "It was so traumatic. I was screaming I was in so much agony. I needed air and gas assistance from the paramedics while they helped me down the stairs."

Scans have since revealed Mrs Wright has disc herniations - or slipped discs - but she was told they did not meet the threshold for a........

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