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Updated · Newsweek · Jun 20

Wioletta Wyrwol Endures 80-Plus Procedures as CRPS Spreads Beyond 2019 Arm Amputation

Updated

Updated · Newsweek · Jun 20

Wioletta Wyrwol Endures 80-Plus Procedures as CRPS Spreads Beyond 2019 Arm Amputation

1 articles · Updated · Newsweek · Jun 20

Wioletta Wyrwol said she is still living with CRPS and now faces serious complications in her leg and foot, years after losing her right forearm.
More than 80 procedures followed a 2013 wrist operation that triggered swelling, burning pain, discoloration and loss of function before doctors diagnosed the rare chronic pain condition.
A 2019 amputation became, in her account, the only way to move forward after years of worsening pain and failed treatments; she later learned to use a prosthetic arm.
Only a few people per 100,000 develop CRPS each year, and Wyrwol said she is sharing her case to raise awareness, challenge disability stereotypes and encourage others.

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