{"id":745954,"date":"2026-08-22T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/745954\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:06:09","slug":"fnd-i-was-being-treated-for-dehydration-when-suddenly-i-couldnt-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/745954\/","title":{"rendered":"FND: I was being treated for dehydration – when suddenly I couldn’t move"},"content":{"rendered":"

McConnellogue had no power in the left side of her body, and her speech was seriously impacted.<\/p>\n

In the initial stages, she could not lift her legs or wiggle her toes.<\/p>\n

She stayed in hospital for five weeks while therapists helped her regain her ability to move independently.<\/p>\n

The road to recovery has been challenging for the life-long Derry City supporter.<\/p>\n

Before her diagnosis, McConnellogue described herself as a “non-stop Duracell bunny, on the go 24\/7”.<\/p>\n

“The physical part is very tough; I walk with a zimmer frame or a crutch and I have to be helped up the stairs, my husband has to physically put me to bed,” she added.<\/p>\n

She said the diagnosis had “floored” her and she had relied on counselling services to keep her going.<\/p>\n

“My independence is gone. I cannot drive, I can’t go to the shop on my own – all those things I took for granted,” she said.<\/p>\n

Country music singer Lisa McHugh spoke publicly last year about being diagnosed with FND<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the NHS, there is no cure for FND but it is treatable providing you adapt your life as much as possible to manage it.<\/p>\n

McConnellogue has been sharing her recovery journey on social media.<\/p>\n

“I do believe FND is misunderstood and I want people to know they are not alone,” she said.<\/p>\n

“It is a very real neurological condition, and I want to show others you can recover.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McConnellogue had no power in the left side of her body, and her speech was seriously impacted. In…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-745954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}