It was via a letter, slipped through the door on her 37th birthday, that Emma Karembo Cornthwaite first learnt of the diagnosis which would change her life.
Adventurous and a lover of the outdoors, Emma had spent years leading expedition groups, travelling across the world, and eventually, setting up a camping business in Lincolnshire with her husband Dave.
She was used to carrying bags and heavy objects – often for long stretches of time.
So it had been confusing when, six years before, Emma’s grip suddenly slipped while leading a group of teenagers on a camping trip – sending the jerrycans she was
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