I woke up with ‘gym aches’ before paralysis struck – now I live in pain and rely on my family to carry me to the loo

EVERYTHING was going incredibly well for social media manager Charlie Wilson, until she woke up one morning in March 2025 in agony, her body paralysed. The 38-year-old, who had been fit and thriving overseas, says she woke up sore but got progressively worse over a few days, eventually becoming wheelchair bound as doctors rushed to...