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Mum left with 'internal decapitation' and has to wear collar after vicious attack by ex
young mum was left facing "internal decapitation" and wearing a collar to hold her neck in place after a brutal attack by her ex.Diana Olijar, who lives in Manchester, has a host of debilitating conditions triggered by the trauma of the attack that initially damaged her spine.Now, Diana's neck cannot support the weight of her own head and the 34-year-old has been left in "crippling debt" after she paid for private healthcare to stabilise her neck, meaning she has to wear a collar.READ MORE: Elephant charges at dad who broke into zoo enclosure with daughter for 'selfie'Diana, from Fallowfield, now spends much of her time lying in a dark room due to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), an illness which affects her skin, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels, internal organs and bones.The pain is so debilitating, she said, that even small tasks like making a cup of tea feels impossible.Diana told the Manchester Evening News she had been working as a member of cabin crew for Thomas Cook Airlines when she suffered a spinal injury in an attack in 2012.At first her symptoms were more subtle, namely dizziness, migraines and neck pain.