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gopiscrap

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7. thank you so much

Reply to Warpy (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 8, 2022, 08:13 PM

Jun 2022

my mom was an amputee she was a refugee during World War II and was forced to walk for miles and miles in the Bavarian Mountains as a 10 year old. That gave her frost bite and 14 years later when she was pregnant with me, the hormones in her body caused the leg to become gangrenous. She had to have it amputated with local anesthetic in order to save her fetus. She was 23 and probably in better shape that my sister in law at 64.

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question about amputation [View all] gopiscrap Jun 2022 OP

This article is a decade old. But it's a place to start your inquiry concerning risks and outcomes. Frasier Balzov Jun 2022 #1

thank you gopiscrap Jun 2022 #2

Sending ❤️ MLAA Jun 2022 #3

thank you gopiscrap Jun 2022 #4

My Type 1 diabetic sister had both legs amputated below the knee Bayard Jun 2022 #5

It's decent Warpy Jun 2022 #6

thank you so much gopiscrap Jun 2022 #7