YOUR real-life stories
Sitting at my work desk, my head started pounding suddenly.
A high school teacher, it was so bad I had to head home and take some painkillers. Going straight to bed, I hoped I could sleep it off.
Waking the next morning, in January 2010, my head still throbbed, the agony radiating down my neck and spine.
Concerned, my hubby Paul, then 30, raced me to hospital. Despite numerous tests doctors couldn’t work out what was wrong.
I was given pain relief, but the moment I tried to stand up or sit down, the