<p>On being one in a million. </p><p>Hannah’s aged five, playing with the toys in a hospital waiting room. She’s been here before, been in and out of hospital since she was a baby. But today, she’s about to discover what’s been going wrong with her body. A diagnosis that doctors will tell her makes her one in a million. Hannah’s life becomes one huge experiment, a constant weighing of odds. Until, in her early 20s, the odds change. And she takes part in a clinical trial that changes everything.</p><p>In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. 
 
Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman
Composer: Jeremy Warmsley 
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
 
Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples 
Researcher: May Cameron 
Editor: Emma Rippon 
 
#Room5
 
End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal</p>

Room 5

BBC Radio 4

8. Hannah

DEC 27, 202229 MIN
Room 5

8. Hannah

DEC 27, 202229 MIN

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<p>On being one in a million. </p><p>Hannah’s aged five, playing with the toys in a hospital waiting room. She’s been here before, been in and out of hospital since she was a baby. But today, she’s about to discover what’s been going wrong with her body. A diagnosis that doctors will tell her makes her one in a million. Hannah’s life becomes one huge experiment, a constant weighing of odds. Until, in her early 20s, the odds change. And she takes part in a clinical trial that changes everything.</p><p>In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Researcher: May Cameron Editor: Emma Rippon #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal</p>