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Kiwi mum’s horror ‘I BROKE MY BACK SNEEZING!’

For two and a half years, Nichola Oakenfull felt like she was on a conveyor belt of medical specialists. It made her so anxious, she wondered if her health issues were imaginary, brought on by the stress of it all.

She endured months of tests to eliminate a range of conditions, while experiencing even more problems. “I thought I was going crazy and that I must be a hypochondriac,” the Wellington woman admits.

Even when she suffered

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