Six days after having his right leg amputated amid a decades-long battle with lymphedema, Cam Ayala opened up about what’s next for his health and personal journey.
11.06.2022 - 19:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
When she sliced her foot on a piece of broken porcelain Rebecca Humphreys said the injury looked little more than a 'paper cut'. The then 15-year-old had been decorating her bedroom and had jumped from a windowsill, not realising she had left an ornament on the floor, YorkshireLive reports.
She screamed out in pain and there was a bit of blood, but it wasn't thought to be a serious injury and life went on. But a fortnight later Rebecca's foot ballooned to the size of a rugby ball and doctors said it was so badly infected it would have to be amputated 'there and then', her mum Theresa recalls.
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After a second opinion, surgery was ruled out and the foot was saved - but this was only the start of her problems. It was later discovered that a shard of the ornament had penetrated her foot and had caused nerve damage that led to pain that would not go away. Rebecca told doctors that she was in agony but was told that her foot was fine and the pain wasn't real.
For the next 17 years, sport-loving Rebecca, from Wakefield, West Yorks, was plagued by agonising pain and was eventually diagnosed with a chronic regional pain condition. Painkillers were prescribed but nothing would shift the pain and misery. After hundreds of medical appointments, and many treatments and therapies, her suffering continued. She had to give up her job and her mobility deteriorated. She couldn't touch her own foot because of the pain.
At one stage, Rebecca became suicidal. Amputation was raised as a possibility but surgeons were reluctant to carry it out because there was no guarantee it would stop the pain. But she got her wish on April 26 when her leg was
Six days after having his right leg amputated amid a decades-long battle with lymphedema, Cam Ayala opened up about what’s next for his health and personal journey.
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