Beloved Kiwi actress Jodie Rimmer was spending her days working on the Netflix favourite Sweet Tooth two years ago when her health took a drastic turn one evening. While alone at her Auckland home, the mum-of-two suffered excruciating pain as her neck and right arm seized up. Panicked, she called an ambulance.
Worried that Jodie might be suffering a heart attack, paramedics arrived quickly and took her to hospital, where she stayed overnight as doctors unsuccessfully tried to pinpoint the reason for her pain. It wasn’t star was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease.