A bodybuilder mum fears she won't live to 50 - after being diagnosed with a rare joint condition. Tracy Kiss, 36, always put her flexibility and high energy levels down to being fit and healthy. When she started bodybuilding at the age of 29, she "didn't think much" of dislocating her joints - as it would happen at least once a month.
But when a stranger spotted her double joints and told her to get checked out, she went to the doctors to find out what was going on. In May, she was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) - a rare group of conditions affecting the joints, skin and heart. Certain types of the condition carry a life expectancy of 48 and Tracy fears she won't live to watch her children get married, have children or succeed in their careers.
Mum-of-two Tracy, a marketer from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, said: “I’m very fit - but I could have a ticking timebomb in my chest - as lots of EDS patients suffer heart problems. I always put my poor joints down to being really healthy - I work my muscles out all the time. “It’s concerning knowing I went my entire life without any treatments or conclusive diagnoses - EDS became something I had to live with.
” Tracy had always been fit and healthy before becoming a bodybuilder - going for regular bike rides and runs. But after giving birth to her first son, 12, she started training and competing professionally. She’d had PIP breast implants for seven years - before they ruptured when her son was born, leavin.