It was a cold, but 24 hours later I was paralysed ... and the same could happen to you! - Daily Mail 1st July 2008

Robin Sheppard remembers precisely when he took his last unaided steps. Visiting his elderly father in the run-up to Christmas three-and-a-half years ago, he'd decided to go to bed early because he was feeling under the weather. He walked up stairs, assuming all he needed was a good night's sleep. Yet within 24 hours he had collapsed and was flat on his back on the landing, paralysed and in excruciating pain.

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