A mother-of-two has endured six operations to fight a rare condition that has left her with a 'spaghetti brain'.
Emmaline Chalk, 39, of Newquay, claims her world fell apart when she suddenly collapsed while mowing the lawn on April 7 2017.
Ms Chalk was unaware she was suffering from arteriovenous malformation (AVM) which causes a tangle of blood vessels to develop in the brain.
Since being diagnosed, Ms Chalk has gone under the knife several times to try and shrink her 'spaghetti', but it remains a large mass.
Her condition has caused her to go deaf, suffer memory loss and endure such severe pain she was forced her to quit her job as a drug-rehab officer.
Doctors are keen for the single mother to try a form of radiation therapy but she claims she 'cannot take any more mental, emotional and physical pain' and wants holistic treatment.
Emmaline Chalk has endured six operations to fight a rare condition that has left her with a 'spaghetti brain'. She is pictured in hospital being treated for arteriovenous malformation (AVM), which causes a tangle of blood vessels to develop in the brain
Pictured left with a friend, Ms Chalk's passion in life is music and dancing, however, her condition has left her in such severe pain she struggles to get out of bed most days
Speaking of her condition, Ms Chalk said: 'AVM medically is known as a "arteriovenous malformation" or, as I call it, a mass of spaghetti in my brain.
'The neurologists said the reason this has happened to me is because the arteries in my brain didn't form properly when I was born.'
This caused a build-up of pressure in her brain that triggered a bleed and resulted in Ms Chalk collapsing.
An arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a specific term used to describe a tangle of blood vessels with abnormal connections between arteries and veins.
High pressure arteries containing fast flowing blood are directly connected to low pressure veins, which normally only contain slow flowing blood.
This means that blood from the arteries drains directly into the veins - without stopping to supply the normal tissues in that part of the body with essential substances like oxygen and nutrition.
Over time this can lead to the normal tissues becoming painful or fragile.
It also means that the AVM gets progressively larger over time as the amount of blood flowing through it increases, and it can cause problems due to its size.
Finally, it may also mean that the heart has to work harder to keep
