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Carolyne Underwood (born 1982) is a British television personality. She became paralysed in January 2007 when she suffered a spinal cord lesion after a blood vessel burst in her back while she slept.
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Background
A former bar manager, Underwood now uses a wheelchair although she is determined to walk again. Initially, she had thought she would be well again within a few months, but has since suffered further complications to her condition and been told it is unlikely she will ever recover. In 2008, she received a donation of £24,000 from a mystery benefactor to enable her to fly to the United States to receive stem cell therapy. Her health condition prevented her from taking up the opportunity at that time. She lives in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester.
Reality TV contestant
Underwood appeared in two different reality television shows about disability in the United Kingdom. She participated in BBC Three's Dancing on Wheels in 2010, competing in a ballroom dancing competition with the English rugby league player Martin Offiah as her dancing partner, and in the first series of The Undateables which was shown on Channel 4 in 2012. Underwood also appeared briefly at the end of the second series of 'The Undateables' in an episode shown on Channel 4 on February 5, 2013 entitled 'Series One Revisited' and in Episode 5 of Series 4 in February 2015 in an episode entitled "Two weddings and a baby".
Personal Life
In 2014, Underwood gave birth to a son.
