Woman who visited doctors 1,000 times over 20 years is finally told what’s wrong with her - and it’s incurable - Daily Mail 24th October 2008

A woman had to visit doctors more than 1,000 times over 20 years before they finally diagnosed her illness. Christine Wicks, 65, first visited her doctor with persistent sore throats and ear pain in 1988. As the pain worsened and spread around her body, dozens of GPs and specialists blamed her problems on everything from tonsillitis and strokes to multiple sclerosis and heavy smoking - even though she has never smoked.

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