Paraphrase this Verna Williams is forty-eight years old and lives with her husband Sam, and their two cats. They live on the second floor of a block of flats. The lift is often broken. This means that access to the street is down two flights of stairs. The block of flats is on a new estate half a mile from the nearest bus stop.

Verna has a medical condition which affects her mobility. Verna uses a walking stick to get around most of the time, but some days she needs to use a wheelchair.

Verna also has asthma which has recently got much worse. She has type two diabetes. She takes medication and has a diet plan to cope with the diabetes