Pixiwoo beauty vlogger Nicola Chapman reveals MS diagnosis in emotional video
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Nicola Haste Chapman, one half of Pixiwoo, has revealed she is being treated for multiple sclerosis (MS).
She told fans she has been living with the autoimmune condition for around five years.
She says her biological father also had the illness and passed away earlier this year.
Speaking emotionally in a 16-minute YouTube video she said her family deal with it together: "We just live with it, it's fine."
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But the YouTuber and make-up artist said when she first found out she had MS, she "spent about a week in bed crying".
"I didn't have a lot of energy anyway so I did spend a lot of time in bed and had to stop going to the gym, which is something I completely love," she explained.
"I had to change my life completely, really."
She explains how problems with vision in her left eye first made her got to the doctor.
"My husband is amazing and he did all the research, because I didn't want to look into anything - I just buried my head in the sand and said 'I haven't got it, I haven't got it - if I don't believe it, I haven't got it'".
She also describes her new focus on eating well and resting.
Nicola and her sister Sam recently won the Glamour Award for Best YouTubers
Despite being tearful several times, Nicola, 36, insists that it hasn't stopped her living her life, and that she hasn't "missed a day" of work.
"After a week or so of feeling sorry for myself, I was like 'you know what, I am not this person'.
"'I am not going to lie here crying, feeling sorry for myself because other people have it, other people live with it and get on with life', so I just got on with my life.
"People have stuff, people have stuff going on in their lives, you may look at them through an Instagram filter and think everything is perfect.
"It's not always, it's not."
Multiple sclerosis is a condition which can affect the brain and spinal cord, and can cause problems with vision, movement and balance, as well as brain function and tiredness.
It's estimated there are more than 100,000 people diagnosed with MS in the UK.
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