For many years, Christina endured a body that felt as if it were ablaze. Each movement was a risk, and every day was a challenge of resilience. Physicians provided her with diagnoses, medications, and compassionate glances, but no solutions. Loved ones observed in despair as she was overtaken by continuous, unyielding pain. Then, against all expectations, Christina discovered The Spero Clinic. What transpired next is truly remarkable: a tale of determination, research, and an unwavering commitment to not allow her condition to dictate her life.
Living With CRPS: When Pain Becomes a Prison
If you’re reading this, you or someone dear to you is likely familiar with the beast known as CRPS — Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. It’s referred to as the “suicide disease,” a medical condition so intense that it feels like living in a fire that never extinguishes.
Most individuals cannot truly grasp the daily suffering caused by CRPS symptoms: a burning pain that ignites with the slightest touch, limbs that betray you with stiffness or swelling, skin that unexpectedly changes color, temperature, or texture. Doctors frequently misdiagnose it. Friends and family become exhausted from asking, “How are you feeling?” when the response is invariably, “Still in pain.”
CRPS creates isolation while bringing shame and taking the power to experience life away. And for Christina, it nearly triumphed. Read the full article here.
