Francesca Rhydderch is certain that she' s chronically ill, but her doctors disagree. Twelve months later she can' t even walk down the street, and her latest consultant is still suggesting that her neurological problems will just go away on their own. Then she comes across a specialist who changes the course of her illness. She may well be in danger of fighting a losing battle - with time, memory, herself - but she learns there are ways to live in the present by making peace with the past.