PublishedAffirm Press, June 2017 |
ISBN9781925584097 |
FormatSoftcover, 288 pages |
Dimensions15.3cm × 23.4cm |
Imagine having a life-threatening illness only for doctors to think you were faking it.
For more than 15 years, Sue Currie's had an incredibly rare strain of Porphyria that was left undiagnosed. She was admitted to hospital, in agony, more than 400 times but was labelled as a drug addict who was only after pain killers. Sue knew what she had and how it could be treated, but the `experts' didn't believe her - at first they diagnosed her incorrectly and then spent the next decade trying to cover up their mistake. Sue became the difficult patient and it was her against the entire state medical system.
Eventually, when Sue was barely able to walk and talk, after she'd attempted to take her own life, and her marriage was in ruins, Sue found the maverick who saved her life.
Difficult Patient is the story of a survivor but also a chilling reminder that what happened to Sue could happen to anyone.
