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• YouTube Clip of highlights from the Hospital episode
• Hospital Full Episode - BBC iPlayer
• Instagram Page
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My name is Sophie Mallon some of you may have seen my story on BBC2 program ‘Hospital’. I have been in hospital 15 months, I spent 12 in Intensive Care and I’ve now been on the ward for 3 months. Prior to this happening I was perfectly fit and well. It all began when I woke up with problems with my vision (I thought it was my contact lenses playing up) I was admitted to The Royal Liverpool hospital, which is where I had a CT scan of my brain which showed a small lesion which they thought was a brain tumour on my brainstem.
I was transferred to the Walton Centre, rapidly my symptoms became worse as I had inflammation on the brain and it had spread. Eventually I was diagnosed with ADEM (Acute Disseminating Encephalomyelitis). I lost the ability to swallow and cough, then I began struggling with my breathing, I had a seizure and went unconscious and was transferred to intensive care in an induced coma. My family were told that it was touch and go whilst I was in the coma and nobody knew what to expect. Then last April myself and my family were told there was a very high chance that I’d never walk/talk again (my vocal chords were completely paralysed as a result from the damage on my brainstem) and that I’d never live a normal life. Here I learnt to walk again, breathe on my own without a tracheostomy and talk. It’s been a long process but I am at the point of going to rehab, I still need to build the strength up so I can eat and drink. I have recently been denied funding for rehab which will be essential for me in getting home and back to normal life. I’ve started this page to see if I could raise the funds required for the intense rehabilitation I require for mental and physical needs, which will allow me to go home with independence . I am beyond grateful for everyone’s support so far on my journey, I will keep pushing to raise awareness for ADEM.
Please follow my Instagram page:
@thoughtsthroughmyjourney to see more details on my condition. Also episode 2 of Hospital which has a lot of my story on is still available on BBC iPlayer now.
Every single donation is appreciated more than you know and I’m so grateful you’ve taken the time to read this.
Thank you
Soph x
• Hospital Full Episode - BBC iPlayer
• Instagram Page
Story below x
My name is Sophie Mallon some of you may have seen my story on BBC2 program ‘Hospital’. I have been in hospital 15 months, I spent 12 in Intensive Care and I’ve now been on the ward for 3 months. Prior to this happening I was perfectly fit and well. It all began when I woke up with problems with my vision (I thought it was my contact lenses playing up) I was admitted to The Royal Liverpool hospital, which is where I had a CT scan of my brain which showed a small lesion which they thought was a brain tumour on my brainstem.
I was transferred to the Walton Centre, rapidly my symptoms became worse as I had inflammation on the brain and it had spread. Eventually I was diagnosed with ADEM (Acute Disseminating Encephalomyelitis). I lost the ability to swallow and cough, then I began struggling with my breathing, I had a seizure and went unconscious and was transferred to intensive care in an induced coma. My family were told that it was touch and go whilst I was in the coma and nobody knew what to expect. Then last April myself and my family were told there was a very high chance that I’d never walk/talk again (my vocal chords were completely paralysed as a result from the damage on my brainstem) and that I’d never live a normal life. Here I learnt to walk again, breathe on my own without a tracheostomy and talk. It’s been a long process but I am at the point of going to rehab, I still need to build the strength up so I can eat and drink. I have recently been denied funding for rehab which will be essential for me in getting home and back to normal life. I’ve started this page to see if I could raise the funds required for the intense rehabilitation I require for mental and physical needs, which will allow me to go home with independence . I am beyond grateful for everyone’s support so far on my journey, I will keep pushing to raise awareness for ADEM.
Please follow my Instagram page:
@thoughtsthroughmyjourney to see more details on my condition. Also episode 2 of Hospital which has a lot of my story on is still available on BBC iPlayer now.
Every single donation is appreciated more than you know and I’m so grateful you’ve taken the time to read this.
Thank you
Soph x
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Sophie Mallon
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