59 h. ago Nurse who dismissed pain as muscle injury has leg amputated after rare tumour found

An NHS nurse whose leg was amputated after an "extremely rare" cancerous tumour was found in her calf has spoken of entering "survival mode" to "process" her diagnosis and "stay positive".

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2 w. ago Strictly star Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink says leg 'lucky' not to be amputated after freak injury

The former Chelsea and Leeds United striker received an injury in 2002 that meant only 25% of his blood was flowing through an artery in his right leg

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2 w. ago I thought I 'freshers' flu' but it turned out to be something much worse

Ketia Moponda needed a double leg amputation in order to save her

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2 w. ago 'I thought I'd caught freshers' flu but then they amputated my legs'

Ketia Moponda, 19, was struck down with what she initially believed to be the common ailment - a mild cough new students often get in their first few weeks - but it turned out to be deadly

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3 w. ago Teenage girl faced with leg amputation after doctors dismissed rare cancer tumour as 'muscle ache'

At just 18-years-old, Gracie Butler didn't think anything of it when she started experiencing pains in her leg.

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3 w. ago Law firm 'very busy with calls' from former patients of disgraced surgeon Neil Hopper jailed after amputating his own legs, journalist tells Mail podcast

Hopper, 49, was jailed after pleading guilty on Thursday at Truro Crown Court to two charges of fraud by false representation and three of possessing extreme pornographic images.

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3 w. ago Depraved father who abused baby Tony Hudgell so badly he had to have his legs amputated has been freed from prison

Anthony Smith, 54, and Jody Simpson, 31, were both handed 10 year prison sentences in 2018 after they were convicted of child cruelty offences against their son.

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3 w. ago Evil dad who abused baby Tony Hudgell so badly he had legs amputated freed

Anthony Smith, 54, was jailed for 10 years in 2018 after baby Tony was left fighting for life with devastating injuries that led to both his legs being amputated - he is now a free man

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last month 'I died in car crash that killed half my family – then I saw something impossible'

Jeffrey Olsen survived 18 surgeries including a leg amputation after a horrific car crash that took the lives of his wife and young son who he said he visited while briefly in the afterlife

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