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<blockquote data-quote="graj0" data-source="post: 940773"><p>Very sorry for this person, especially as I have had a lovely week in hospital after having what turned out to be appendicitis and peritonitis, the guy in the next room was type II, on insulin, morbidly obese (I'm not suggesting anything, I'm not qualified) and just had a leg amputated below the knee. Been in hospital for 9 weeks because he's waiting for housing to find him somewhere to live. If nothing else it will remind me to be especially careful about my feet because I tend to walk about bare feet in the house, sometimes in the garden. I have very soft feet, the heel and the ball of my feet.</p><p>I wonder if this person's immune system was so poor that the bacterial infection, which I assume did the damage (gangrene I suppose), is part of the problem.</p><p>Thanks for the reminder, although very sad for this person.</p><p>I'm hoping it doesn't happen to me because my knees cost an arm and a leg (oops, unintended pun, almost).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="graj0, post: 940773"] Very sorry for this person, especially as I have had a lovely week in hospital after having what turned out to be appendicitis and peritonitis, the guy in the next room was type II, on insulin, morbidly obese (I'm not suggesting anything, I'm not qualified) and just had a leg amputated below the knee. Been in hospital for 9 weeks because he's waiting for housing to find him somewhere to live. If nothing else it will remind me to be especially careful about my feet because I tend to walk about bare feet in the house, sometimes in the garden. I have very soft feet, the heel and the ball of my feet. I wonder if this person's immune system was so poor that the bacterial infection, which I assume did the damage (gangrene I suppose), is part of the problem. Thanks for the reminder, although very sad for this person. I'm hoping it doesn't happen to me because my knees cost an arm and a leg (oops, unintended pun, almost). [/QUOTE]
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