Brave Megan still fighting despite crippling disorder

A woman who went into hospital for a routine test woke up two years later trapped in her own body.

- Neil Shaw

Megan Dixon was left paralysed from the neck down, blind and unable to speak.

The 20-year-old, from Bath, had been experiencing visual blackouts multiple times a day.

Putting it down to stress, she didn’t think much of it - until it started to take her a few minutes to get a single sentence out.

She went to the hospital as doctors believed it was a stroke - but she didn’t wake up until two years later, completely trapped in her own body.

Now, she’s had to move just under four hours away from her friends and family to undergo intense therapy; though it’s unlikely she'll ever fully recover.

"Being trapped in my own body feels like a prison sentence," said Megan, who is currently in Peterborough.