Pick Me Up!

WORTH A SHOT

Waking up one morning, I was so exhausted. You see, I’d only had a measly two hours sleep.

For years I’d suffered with an unbearable pain in my back which kept me up at night.

I had a bulging disk in my spine and flare-ups of fibromyalgia, too.

And it had been going on since my twenties.

I had always been athletic at school and was also a gymnast.

Only as I headed into adulthood, I realised something was wrong.

I had stinging sensations up my spine – it felt like I had been given an electric shock.

I remember watching TV when

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