After suffering further painful attacks into her 50s she decided to undergo major surgery but, by that point, she was already fighting the Holyrood election campaign.

“I initially had it planned for May. And I was really surprised that I got elected, so we moved it to during recess.”

She’s now living almost pain-free and hopes to use her own personal experience to shape her work as an MSP.

She’s currently the Scottish Greens spokesperson on community care.

“People told me that I shouldn’t stand has an MSP because of the pain and especially because it got triggered when speaking. That’s just like a red rag to a bull for me,” She said.

“It might be difficult, but there’s loads of people who have pain, who need to be represented.”

Scotcast’s interview with Cara McKee will be available on BBC Sounds from 17:00