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Doctors failed to spot my hidden condition for so long I was left permanently disabled

Doctors failed to spot my hidden condition for so long I was left permanently disabled

Actor Daneka Etchells is performing in a show which reflects her experiences of "medical gaslighting".

July 18, 2026 at 12:21 AM Original source
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Notable Quotes

"What I'd experienced over the last 17 years was 'medical gaslighting.'"

— Daneka Etchells , Celebrity

"I felt so under the weather, so fatigued and in so much pain."

— Daneka Etchells , Celebrity

"It grew so vast and so wide and for so long, on nerves and ligaments that are attached to my legs."

— Daneka Etchells , Celebrity

Key People

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Daneka EtchellsCelebrity

Daneka Etchells is an actress who has experienced medical gaslighting related to her condition, endometriosis.

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Tom WentworthCelebrity

Tom Wentworth is the playwright behind the new stage adaptation of The Secret Garden.

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Bath, England, United Kingdom Cumbria, England, United Kingdom London, England, United Kingdom

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disability endometriosis healthcare medical gaslighting personal story theatre the secret garden

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Doctors failed to spot my hidden condition for so long I was left permanently disabled
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Actor Daneka Etchells is performing in a show which reflects her experiences of "medical gaslighting".

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