‘My son screams in pain constantly’ - the realities of living with suicide disease
ok.co.ukOne year ago, Melanie Wilford's son Dillon began experiencing horrific leg pain. After a year of hospital visits, the 11 year old was finally diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome – or 'suicide disease'.The condition leaves sufferers in so much agony, they’re at risk of taking their own lives.
Here, doting mum Melanie, 47, from Bolton, tells her story... "It’s impossible to describe how I felt as a mother when my son, Dillon, was diagnosed with suicide disease at the age of 10. “What the hell is that?” I thought.
I’d never heard of it. But having now watched my beloved son cope with the condition over the past year, all I know is that I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
It was almost a year ago, in November 2021, when Dillon’s problems began. For eight weeks night after night, I listened to him crying in unbearable pain, clutching his leg.
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