'I was a fitness-loving bodybuilder who lost 16st - now I'm bedbound after being internally decapitated'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA bodybuilder who lost 16st has been left bedbound by a rare condition which is seeing her "internally decapitated". Fitness fanatic Melody Wakelin loved nothing more than going to the gym and competing in bodybuilding competitions.
But her life was turned upside down when she was hit by a rare condition out of nowhere - one that is seeing her be "internally decapitated". READ MORE: 'I thought I had norovirus - now I could have just 12 months to live' READ MORE: 'What happened to me on my birthday ruined my life in an instant' The 41-year-old was diagnosed with atlantoaxial instability, a condition that affects the bones in the upper spine or neck under the skull, after first falling ill in 2017.
The condition means her brain is sinking into her spinal canal and her skull is sliding down onto her neck. Even a slight bump on the head or sudden neck movement could "completely crush" her brain stem and in extreme cases lead to death.
She can now barely walk and says she feels ''like a piece of furniture'' rather than a human. Melody, a former personal trainer and self-employed barber, from Ashford, Kent, said: “I went from being a bodybuilding to be bedbound.
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