'I woke up after Parklife in awful pain - then I got a life-changing diagnosis'

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Just a few months after DJing for thousands at Parklife, Olivia Lee was being stretchered out of her flat. The 24-year-old musician had made a name for herself in Manchester as a host, dancer and DJ and was an active member of the city's burgeoning creative scene.

However, her life was turned upside down when she woke up the morning after her Parklife gig in pain. What followed next was months of suffering and a quest to find out what was going on with her body.

Working in the entertainment industry meant going to different events and socialising with local artists and execs. With roots in north and south Manchester, Olivia describes herself as “Mancunian born and bred”. Join our WhatsAp p Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link. She is well known, well loved and well connected.

So her sudden use of crutches and sometimes wheelchair lead to a barrage of invasive questions that she wasn’t not ready for and did not have answers to. “It was very frustrating,” she said. "Especially at first, people would ask me and I had no idea myself.