Before CRPS, Andrew was an active volunteer at Formula 1 races and scuba diver. However, his illness forced him to shut himself off from the world and give up his hobbies.
He suffered extreme pain 24 hours a day for three and a half years, despite taking controlled narcotics to manage the pain. He was on six different drugs at the maximum dose, which only partially alleviated his pain.
Andrew contemplated suicide several times but didn’t act on it because he didn’t want to hurt his partner Amy and 16-year-old son Tyler.
In June 2021, Andrew was found unconscious on his kitchen floor, and doctors had to amputate his leg above the knee to relieve his pain.
While he knew the phantom pain could still occur, he was pain-free after the surgery and relieved to have his life back.
Now, Andrew has a prosthetic leg and is planning to participate in a skydive to raise money for others with CRPS.
He also has a kickstarter business to help the NHS provide cheaper and better prosthetics. According to the NHS website, CRPS is poorly understood.
»A man survives ‘the suicide disease’ after amputating a leg«
↯↯↯Read More On The Topic On TDPel Media ↯↯↯