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Jenny thought she was having a stroke but the real diagnosis was much worse - and it can go undetected for years

Gripped by a blinding pain pulsing through her head and unable to move the left side of her face, Jenny Balls feared she was having a stroke. She wasn't being overly dramatic.

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