RARE CONDITION STOPPED ME KISSING MY WIFE FOR FOUR YEARS•••

Dad has Teflon inserted into his skull to
protect a squashed nerve which meant
the slightest touch on his face caused
agony
Delighted dad Mark Steadman kisses his
wife Louise for the first time in four years
– after being cured of a terrifying
condition.
A squashed nerve had meant the
slightest touch on his face caused agony.
Now surgeons have inserted Teflon in his
skull to stop contact with a nearby artery
which sparked the spasms.
Pain from Trigeminal Neuralgia, which
affects 12 out of 100,000 people in the
UK each year, is so intense nearly a third
of victims resort to suicide.
Relieved father-of-three Mark, a probation
officer, said: "I can't say how wonderful it
is to kiss Louise and my kids again.
"The disease destroyed my life, the pain
is so debilitating you can't do anything.
"Once I was at my parents' house for
dinner and before the spoon even got to
my mouth I was on the floor in agony.
"It feels like you have been hit in the face
with a bolt of lightning, or at it's worst
like a whole thunder storm has hit you.
"There were up to 250 attacks a day.
Sometimes the pain would drop me to my
knees, other times it would feel like all of
my teeth on the right hand side were on
fire.
"I had to take 50 pills a day which left me
like a zombie."
Mark, 38, from Kidderminster,
Worcestershire, was left unable to go
outside or even wash his face after being
diagnosed with the condition in 2009.
But the gruelling six- hour operation at
Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
should leave him free of pain for at least
10 years.
Louise, 35, said: "I can't describe how
good it is to have my husband back. I
can't stop kissing Mark now."
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