I used to have a neighbor who suffered from lymphedema, was not an overeater, and she was gigantic. Her calves had begun to touch the ground. She got a scratch on her leg that became infected and would not heal. She had also had a virus at the time of this infection. By the time she decided to go to the ER it was too late. She was dehydrated from the virus and went into cardiac arrest at the hospital. The day after she went in they took 25lbs of flesh off her thigh to try and halt the infection but as I said it was too late. She died a few days later.
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Poor thing, what a tragic ending.
A prayer for her
Wow. My grandmother is now dying because of the very same thing. She has lymphoedema (legs) and recently contracted an infection and cellulitis in her legs. She’s at First Health in Pinehurst NC right now on her death bed as her infection can no longer be controlled and gangrene has “set” in. Her dr also believes she may be suffering from a cancer common to those with lymphoedema; lymphangiosarcoma, but it’s rarely caught in time to treat and it metasticizes very very quickly. It’s only a matter of hours or days before she succumbs to her condition and her pain is beyond manageable. Nothing is helping...not morphine, dilaudid, nothing. I had to leave to come home for a while as it is agony watching her suffer so. It’s just odd to read this while having a family member literally dying from the same thing as your neighbor.