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Denomme: Clothes Hurt, Falls Shatter Femur and Teeth

Day 3 · 6:26:26 · Crystal Denomme · Shawn Buckley

  • 😣 Crystal sits in visible agony; even clothing and water on skin trigger off-the-charts CRPS flares.
  • 🦴 Falls have broken her femur, lacerated her face and required reconstructive dental surgery after smashed teeth.
  • 🧠 She now walks with elbow crutches, suffers brain fog and memory loss, and has lost physical control.

Ongoing CRPS leaves Denomme in constant pain and repeatedly injured by falls.

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Crystal Denomme · 6:26:26

It doesn't look like it's— like my legs don't look like they're on the same individual.

Crystal Denomme · 6:26:31

They're—.

Shawn Buckley · 6:26:32

And my understanding is also is that the skin really can't tolerate anything touching it.

Crystal Denomme · 6:26:38

Yeah.

Shawn Buckley · 6:26:39

So like even wearing clothes is painful.

Crystal Denomme · 6:26:41

Yes.

Shawn Buckley · 6:26:42

You're in pain right now?

Crystal Denomme · 6:26:43

I'm suffering today.

Shawn Buckley · 6:26:45

Right, because you probably haven't taken pain meds because you're testifying, right?

Crystal Denomme · 6:26:49

I don't take pain medication. I take Lyrica. And so that's, yeah, Tylenol.

Shawn Buckley · 6:26:57

Okay. Yeah, no, I'm glad I asked because, you know, you're sitting across the table and you look perfectly fine, but you're in an enormous amount of pain right now.

Crystal Denomme · 6:27:11

Yeah, last year, 2 years ago, it would have been 2 years ago, I guess, coming up on 2 years, I broke my femur in one of my falls. I've, I've lacerated my face. I've had to have reconstructive dental surgery because I've smashed my teeth in from falling. Uh, I went to grab my cat and I ended up just in a seated position where you're supposed to be able to bend your legs and sit cross-legged. I landed like that. I broke my femur. I cracked my femur. So it's Right.

Shawn Buckley · 6:27:46

So you've lost some real physical control.

Crystal Denomme · 6:27:49

Mm-hmm.

Shawn Buckley · 6:27:50

I have brain fog.

Crystal Denomme · 6:27:53

I have memory loss. I— it's—.

Shawn Buckley · 6:27:58

Well, let's talk about the effects. So you basically walk with crutches now, right?