A woman who doesn’t feel pain

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A woman who doesn’t feel pain

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Jo Cameron

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Jo Cameron (left) was 65 when she realised she was different

When she felt nothing, her anaesthetist – Dr Devjit Srivastava – sent her to pain geneticists at University College London (UCL) and Oxford University. Not just ‘incredibly healthy’
Jo, from Whitebridge, near Inverness, told the BBC Scotland news website that doctors didn’t believe her when she said she wouldn’t need pain relief after surgery. Jo does the Scotch Bonnet chilli challenge

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Media captionAlong with her husband Jim and her anaesthetist Dr Devjit Srivastava, Jo took part in a chilli challenge.

Source: www.bbc.com