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Allison Inquiry | Crystal Denomme | Day 3 September 10th, 2026
A 48-year-old personal support worker describes skin pain like road rash all over her body within 24 hours of her second Pfizer dose, followed by complex regional pain syndrome in her left leg. She describes falls, a broken femur, losing her job and benefits, and a compensation refusal that named the wrong vaccine.
Crystal Denomme, 48, a mother of three adult sons, worked as a personal support worker for adults with severe disabilities and was healthy, fit and very active before the vaccine. She had no reaction to the first Pfizer dose. Within 24 hours of the second, she says, every inch of her skin felt peeled like road rash and her bones felt as if they were melting, the worst pain she had ever felt, and she worked her shift because policy did not allow a sick call. About two weeks later her right leg hurt and then her left leg swelled, and she was diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). She describes constant pain, a purple leg, skin that cannot tolerate touch, falls that broke her femur and damaged her teeth, crutches, brain fog, memory loss and days when she cannot shower or stand to cook. Denomme says her first doctor refused to consider the vaccine, and that specialized physiotherapy helped and was covered by the hospital. She says the Vaccine Injury Support Program's refusal letter named Moderna and the wrong knee, that its panel acknowledged the timing and CRPS, that she submitted peer-reviewed case studies on appeal, and that she does not plan to apply to the new program. She says she cannot work, lives on CPP and long-term disability at about two-thirds of her former income, and was fired last year for absences after her workplace mandate. MPs question her.
Crystal Denomme, 48, a mother of three adult sons, worked as a personal support worker for adults with severe disabilities and was healthy, fit and very active before the vaccine. She had no reaction to the first Pfizer dose. Within 24 hours of the second, she says, every inch of her skin felt peeled like road rash and her bones felt as if they were melting, the worst pain she had ever felt, and she worked her shift because policy did not allow a sick call. About two weeks later her right leg hurt and then her left leg swelled, and she was diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). She describes constant pain, a purple leg, skin that cannot tolerate touch, falls that broke her femur and damaged her teeth, crutches, brain fog, memory loss and days when she cannot shower or stand to cook. Denomme says her first doctor refused to consider the vaccine, and that specialized physiotherapy helped and was covered by the hospital. She says the Vaccine Injury Support Program's refusal letter named Moderna and the wrong knee, that its panel acknowledged the timing and CRPS, that she submitted peer-reviewed case studies on appeal, and that she does not plan to apply to the new program. She says she cannot work, lives on CPP and long-term disability at about two-thirds of her former income, and was fired last year for absences after her workplace mandate. MPs question her.
