{"id":449182,"date":"2023-12-16T14:40:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T14:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/?p=449182"},"modified":"2023-12-16T14:40:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T14:40:15","slug":"suicide-disease-held-me-prisoner-in-my-own-home-for-5-years-until-i-begged-doctors-to-cut-off-my-leg-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/lifestyle\/suicide-disease-held-me-prisoner-in-my-own-home-for-5-years-until-i-begged-doctors-to-cut-off-my-leg-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"'Suicide disease' held me prisoner in my own home for 5 years – until I begged doctors to cut off my leg | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A MUM living with a condition so painful it\u2019s dubbed \u201csuicide disease\u201d begged doctors to amputtate her leg – and now has her life back.<\/p>\n
Nicky Neil, 29, became a prisoner in her own home, unable to leave due to the pain in her leg caused by complex regional pain syndrome.<\/p>\n
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CRPS is long-term pain, usually confined to one limb, that is so intense that it is scored as being worse than the pain of childbirth in some instances.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It can be triggered by an injury or post-operation, but sometimes, as in Nicky\u2019s case, there is no clear cause.<\/p>\n
Nicky, who lives in Caerleon, South Wales, says: \u201cI\u2019ve been bed bound for five years and left me unable to drive my car, or do all the things I wanted to do with my son Robbie, who is nine.<\/p>\n
\u201cAsking them to amputate my leg was the best decision I ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n