In The Longest Battle Emma Martins chats with people who have gone through a similar life changing situation to her own when Emma caught a virus in 2013 which completely changed her life for ever. 

The virus that Emma caught in Vietnam caused a brain aneurysm which in turn has severely affected Emma’s eyesight.

In today's The Longest Battle Emma is chatting with World Para-Athletic shot-put medalist Vanessa Wallace who only took up athletics in 2012 after attending an athletics training session to strengthen her arms and help her push herself better in her wheelchair.

 

In The Longest Battle with Vanessa Wallace, Emma finds out a bit more about Vanessa’s background and how she got into Para-Athletics, how Vanessa copes with the condition Ehlers-Danlos syndrome whilst competing as an athlete and how her attitude of saying yes to most things has taken Vanessa out of her comfort zone on many occasions.

If you would like to know more about how Emma has coped with her own longest battle, do visit Emma's website https://www.thelongestbattle.co.uk

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