Solihull woman to walk 100 miles with cat for charity

The 28-year-old was diagnosed with Urticarial Vasculitis, external five years ago and later connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, external.

“I’ll come out in blisters, I’ll come out in hives, my joints swell up, I get really tired,” she said.

“It affects my mood quite a lot as well.”

She remembered attending a support group for others with the condition which she said was filled with “pensioners”.

“When I was first diagnosed I didn’t know that people like me existed,” she said.

“I want to spread awareness, really, for young people with disabilities.

“When you see someone with a stick or with a feeding tube you think, ‘they’re in hospital, they’re not doing these things’.”