To cut a long story short, he's had an injury on his toe from dropping a log on it in January that has refused to heal, and in the last couple of months his foot has gone black. We've all been nagging at him to see a doctor but he refused until today . He's been told he has gangrene in his toe and will lose it, and may lose his foot or even up to his knee. It appears that he has circulation issues in his legs (his veins are blocked) and he may need a bypass.
He's a hospital and doctor-phobic who is now going to be in hospital for at least 10 days.
Does anyone have any experience of this and is there anything he can do that the doctors may not advise him on (supplements etc.?) I was thinking that Gingko may be a good idea.
We are all very worried obviously.
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My father going into hospital tomorrow to have at least a toe amputated, possibly more. :(
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duchesse · 20/07/2011 22:07
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