'I was living in denial' - Suzanne tells of effects of multiple sclerosis on her life

A burning sensation across the scalp and a leg which felt wooden are just two of the symptoms a Preston woman describes before she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

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Commonly known as MS, the neurological condition affects around 150,000 people in the UK.

To mark MS Awareness Week we've spoken with Suzanne Juniper, who says she was in denial for years about having the condition.

The 55-year-old, who lives in New Longton, is sharing her story and how life has changed in the past 26 years since she first noticed she had symptoms.

Suzanne said: "I was walking along a corridor at work and felt like my leg belonged to someone else. It was such a strange sensation, like my leg was completely wooden.

"And I had these very odd sensations on my scalp and I couldn't even touch my hair. These sensations would come and go and change with time."

Her symptoms became more severe through the years until 2009 when shortly after the birth of her second child she contracted sepsis and was hospitalised.

She said: "The hospital would not let me leave until I had a formal MS diagnosis because my symptoms had become a lot more severe."