“As a daily yoga practitioner and trained teacher the fact that my pain prevented me from doing yoga at all was an enormous deal. I had been an active yogi, gym user and swimmer and gradually all these activities became a challenge.

This, in addition to all the lockdown restrictions, (not being able to see my daughters in London or travel, or even go and socialise with my twin sister locally), made me feel that I had lost everything in my life. I remember using that phrase with Susannah Solt. Everything I loved was taken away from me, or so it felt. I suddenly was propelled into an alien universe where I wasn’t able to do anything ‘normal’.

Walking around the shops or when out with my friends became an issue; I found it frightening to have to anticipate how to cope. A wedding event became the catalyst for these feelings; I had become a different person, one who was suddenly faced with the prospect of a major spinal operation. How could this possibly have happened?

I feel that working with the SIRPA programme literally saved my life!”

Mandy kindly offered to share her story so that others could benefit. You can watch the replay of this interview below.

Everything she loved was taken away from Mandy, or so it felt. She was suddenly propelled into an alien universe where she wasn’t able to do anything ‘normal’. Faced with the prospect of a major spinal operation, she wondered how this could possibly have happened. She feels that working with the SIRPA programme literally saved her life!

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