Woman with completely normal life woke up with aches and was left paralyzed

A woman who woke up with “gym” aches was struck down by a sudden paralysis, caused by a rare condition.Charlie Wilson, 38, was living a “completely normal” life working in Magaluf, Mallorca, before she lost movement in both legs, her left arm, and neck.She broke out in lumps all over her body, but doctors didn’t know what was causing her pain.After multiple tests and scans and a three-week stay in hospital, Charlie was finally diagnosed with extrapulmonary sarcoidosis – a rare condition that causes small patches of swollen tissues to develop in the organs of the body.In Charlie’s case, her condition is isolated and does not affect her lungs – the most common place for the condition to form – and instead affects her limbs, joints, and bones.Now, her condition has forced her to move home to the UK, where she has moved into a bungalow with carers visiting four times daily.Charlie says her movement has returned, but she now uses a wheelchair for flare-ups, which leave her in pain.Charlie, a former shot girl and social media manager, from Darlington, County Durham, says: “My life was completely normal.“I had literally just been for a walk on Palma Nova beach.“The next day I woke up and everything was literally normal.“I woke up the next day, and my body felt like it would if you go to the gym and get that ache, but I don’t go to the gym.“It got to the point where I literally could not move, so my friend took me to the doctors so she could translate as she speaks Spanish.“At that point, if I had the option to amputate my legs, I would have had it, that was the level of pain I was in.“My sister flew over to look after me, and she had to carry me to the toilet.“My friends kept calling the doctors on my behalf because I was in so much pain I couldn’t do a lot.“They said, ‘We need a blood result immediately.’“Finally, they called and said, ‘come in in the next 30 minutes’.“She [the doctor] looked at me, took a pen and paper ...