Housebound woman fears legs will be amputated due to mystery ilness
25.01.2022 - 20:03
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A housebound pensioner is terrified that her legs could be amputated as a result of a mystery illness.
Wendy Atherton, claims she has been confined to her house for most of the pandemic because of severe leg injuries which are currently undiagnosed.
The 69-year-old says she feels neglected by the NHS and now relies on sporadic visits from district nurses to keep her leg injuries clean.
Wendy was first seen by a doctor regarding her injuries last year and has since had a home visit.
However, she added that the seriousness of the injury means she fears her legs might have to be amputated.
Ms Atherton claims she’s been neglected by her GP and now feels isolated away from the world due to her injuries that keep her almost permanently in her Birkenhead house.
She told Liverpool Echo : “When the pandemic first hit I was very, very ill.
“I rung my surgery up and said I wasn’t very well.
“They told me I couldn’t come in coughing and sneezing on people and spoke to me really rudely.
“Because I couldn’t get out I was left for three weeks without any food delivery because I was told I didn’t qualify for it because I was deemed to be not vulnerable or disabled.
“Now I rely on home visits from the district nurses who are meant to come every three days but sometimes it takes longer.
“Now I can barely get out and it seems to me once you’re set to hit 70, surgeries don’t want to know.”
Ms Atherton said the worst is that she still doesn’t know what caused the injury that left her legs smelling to the point where she feels sick.
She said even the doctors at this point are unsure about what the cause could be, but they believe it could be a form of lipoedema.
She added she has been referred to the vascular department at Arrowe Park Hospital