Catrina Farnell was 23 and a talented dancer with dreams of becoming a choreographer Then she was diagnosed with Cauda equina syndrome - a little-known spinal injury which has changed her life forever [tap to expand]
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceFailure to identify and treat a little-known spinal condition probably costs the NHS hundreds of millions a year, according to a leading consultant.
Catrina Farnell, of Skipton, Yorkshire, was 23 and a talented dancer with dreams of becoming a choreographer, when it happened to her.Before the accident, Catrina was a dancer with ambitions in choreography"Something happened to my back," she says. "CES requires a clinical and radiological diagnosis, so it is critical that patients get an MRI scan, which is the only way to confirm the condition," says Nisaharan Srikandarajah, a trainee neurosurgeon with a PhD in cauda equina syndrome.
"They don't see me at home crying every night, or struggling trying to get the energy to get up, put my brave face on and pretend that everything's all right," he says."I still have to have a strict regime to manage my bowels, my bladder.Catrina and Martin are supported by the "It's difficult to get a precise figure from all the various information sources about the frequency of delays in diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome," he says.
"Cauda equina syndrome is a rare condition but, like meningitis, one that every doctor will be on alert for because of how serious it can be if not detected and managed swiftly," she said.
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