She lost almost five stone in five months, fainted regularly, and struggled to finish her social work placement. “I was determined to finish my social work placement because if I didn’t I would have had to re-do it. Ten attempts to insert feeding tubeWhat followed was a few traumatic weeks of attempts to fit a feeding tube. “But what was happening was the feeding tube wasn’t sitting in my bowel, it was going into my stomach. “I think the biggest thing I’ve learned is that health really is your wealth,” she says.