16 h. ago ‘Active’ mum has leg amputated after discovering tumour on run

Forced to choose between amputation and the potential spread of the disease to her organs, the 45-year-old underwent the major operation in March 2020

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51 h. ago 'My cheap home tattoo became so badly infected I thought my leg would need amputating'

Not only was Samantha Lowen two-and-a-half-hour floral tattoo ordeal agonisingly painful, but it then started weeping pus and ink

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5 d. ago BBC The Apprentice star Claude Littner forced to step down from show after 'freak accident'

Claude Littner was known as one of the 'most intimidating' advisors on The Apprentice, but the businessman had to step down from the show after a 'freak accident' which nearly resulted in a leg amputation

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1 week ago 'I went to A&E crying in pain and woke to find one of my legs was missing'

Molly Harbron went to A&E complaining of a numb and cold left leg, and despite doctors suspecting a blood clot, they failed to carry out tests - which led to her leg being amputated

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2 w. ago My husband overdosed on fentanyl. Cruel immigration policies won’t fix the crisis | Karie Fugett

I desperately want to find a solution to the fentanyl crisis. Unfortunately, all Trump’s talk about fixing it is smoke and mirrorsMy husband died of a fentanyl overdose.Leading up to his death, Cleve had been prescribed all sorts of pain medications. He was a war-wounded Marine who had been sent to Iraq twice. During his second deployment, an improvised explosive device detonated next to the Humvee he was driving. The military shipped him back to the States with TBI, PTSD and a leg so severely maimed it would eventually be amputated just below the knee. For the next four years, Cleve took opioids every day, multiple times a day.Karie Fugett is an author living in Dothan, Alabama. Her debut memoir, Alive Day, is forthcoming on 6 May 2025 Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Franck Ribery reveals his leg was almost AMPUTATED in shocking ordeal before retirement

A routine operation on his knee left Franck Ribery stuck in hospital for nearly two weeks as an infection threatened potential amputation at the end of his playing career

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