In 2009, desiree jennings went viral for saying a flu shot triggered her mysterious illness I just can’t pronounce words anymore,” she said But, perhaps the most shocking thing about desiree jennings’ affliction was the way it affected her ability to walk Long gone was the avid runner, replaced with a woman who couldn’t stand up straight, who struggled to walk at all, and who wobbled and lurched when she tried to. Jennings looked online and saw that in some cases, people with dystonia, who have trouble walking forward like she did, can walk backwards. All of that brings us to the viral story of the woman who claimed that, after receiving a flu shot, she suddenly lost an incredible amount of cognitive function — and, for some reason, the ability to walk forwards.
What their daily life is like She has to go up and downstairs backwards because something as simple as walking forward can The cheerleader who could only walk backwards What really happened to desiree jennings In 2009, a story swept the internet that felt too bizarre to be true — and yet, there it was on every major news outlet
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