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From Sprain To Amputation in 5 months

Post a new topicby livingwith on Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:56 pm


My husband doesn’t have diabetes, but does have idiopathic neuropathy which he inherited from his mother. He had a bad sprain in January. No pain, but incredible swelling all the way up his leg. After 6 weeks our family doctor suggested he see an orthopedist. The new doctor never took an xray of his own…only going by a month old one taken a couple of weeks after the sprain. My husband tried wearing the “trauma boot” but it rubbed sores which became infected. All the...Read the full article

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