Horse owner Kellie Crameri has opened up on the devastating health battle that left her feeling like 'a prisoner in my own body'.
Crameri,who part owns star galloper Fully Lit,has battled Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS),a rare and painful neurological condition,for four years.
She was told by Australian doctors that there was nothing to be done to help ease the excruciating pain that she likened to being 'tortured non-stop'.
However,after ending up in a clinic in Arkansas,the United States,she has revealed the amazing news that she is now pain-free and has gone into remission.
Crameri revealed that Fully Lit's win in the $2million Inglis Millennium earlier this year helped her pay for her treatment,and thanked legendary horse trainer Gai Waterhouse for 'helping save my life' as a result of the horse's win.
'Thank you Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott,and RedFox Racing for helping save my life with Fully Lit's win in the Inglis Millennium,' Crameri posted online.
'Today (Friday) I rang the remission bell in Arkansas,USA for my rare neurological condition which his win helped paid for.
'They say horse racing can be life-changing,but for me it has been life-saving,'
She was told by Aussie doctors there was nothing to be done to help ease the pain,but she has since recovered at a clinic in the United States
She added that CRPS is commonly known as 'the suicide disease' and that she tried taking her own life 'on three separate occasions'.
The disease affected the dominant side of Crameri's body,making ordinary day-to-day tasks extremely painful.
She has been pain-free for two weeks,with the Spero Clinic claiming to be the 'only facility in the world' to offer the kind of treatment that has helped cure Crameri.
'By relaxing and rehabilitating the nervous system,as well as correcting any other imbalances within your brain and body,we hope to reset and restore the proper functionality of the systems within your body,' the clinic said.
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