cornelia developed complex regional pain syndrome after a tennis injury — causing severe pain in hern gold at the invictus games in 2017. since then, the pain that cost her her military career has continued to get worse. my experience of complex regional pain syndrome is a really, really deep, achy sort of burning pain. it's chronic, it's nonstop and, i suppose, if i have to sum it up, it's wearing, because you can't get away from it. cornelia now faces the biggest dilemma of her life — whether to amputate part of her right leg in the hope it will free her from the agony she endures each day. there have been days where i would classify the pain i've been in as a ten. cornelia has friends with the same condition, who've chosen to amputate their limbs to remove pain. for some, it's worked. there are many others, though, which this drastic action hasn't helped. paralympic champion rachel morris is one of them. this is 50—50. it might work, but it also might very well not work. yeah, i have massive concerns about it, because, for me, it has put me in a worse position. yeah. because i hav

my experience of complex regional pain syndrome is a really, really deep, achy sort of burning pain. pain i‘ve been in as a ten. cornelia has friends with the same condition, who‘ve chosen to amputate their limbs to remove pain. for some, it‘s worked. there are many others, though, which this drastic action hasn‘t helped. paralympic champion rachel morris is one of them. this is 50—50. it might work, but it also might very well not work. yeah, i have massive concerns about it, because, for me, it has put me in a worse position. yeah. because i have the crps pain, plus the nerve pain. being left still in pain and without her leg is a real possibility. most medical experts advise against taking this gamble. unfortunately, in my experience, amputation commonly makes the problem worse. and what happens is that the crps, and all the pain associated with it, moves into the remaining part of the limb. the patient commonly experiences quite severe phantom sensations, so still feels the pain that they had before in that amputated area. and, indeed, we can sometimes find the crps moves to the