It’s a hard topic to address. A penile cancer survivor is raising awareness of the rare disease that ate away at parts of his penis seven years ago, when he was just 26. Steven Hamill sat down with the hosts of ITV’s “This Morning,” plus his urologist at Britain’s Clatterbridge Hospital, Dr. Arie Parnham, to … Read more
Loren Schauers was “extremely happy and fulfilled” in his construction job — until a routine task in 2019 upended his life forever. “I’ll always remember that day. I got in the forklift, and I was asked to move a water barrier back into place,” recalled Schauers, who was 18 at the time. “I sank immediately … Read more
Meghan Markle’s estranged father had part of his left leg amputated in a “case of life or death” after he was rushed to a hospital in the Philippines on Wednesday. Thomas Markle, 81, underwent life-saving three-hour surgery at a Cebu hospital when his leg turned blue, then black as a blood clot cut off circulation … Read more
A “fit and healthy” young man was forced to have both of his legs amputated just days before his 21st birthday – after his flu-like symptoms turned out to be sepsis. Levi Dewey was left in an induced coma with just a 30% chance of survival after being struck down with the life-threatening condition. The … Read more
A student’s “freshers’ flu” turned out to be deadly meningitis — and she had both legs amputated to save her life. Ketia Moponda, 19, arrived at university eight days before she was struck down with what she initially believed to be freshers’ flu — a mild cough new students get in their first few weeks. … Read more
LaVar Ball opened up about having his right leg amputated, revealing in an essay published Tuesday in SLAM that diabetes complications led doctors to remove part of his limb. In the lengthy piece, Ball, 57, explained what happened to him that led to the surgery, saying things started around January, he went under the knife … Read more
It turned into a keratin-filled garrote. A UK mom claims her toddler nearly had to have his toe amputated after a strand of her hair got wrapped around it, cutting off the blood flow. “I had never had to deal with anything like this before,” Laura Powles, 31, told Kennedy News of the freak accident. … Read more
Zeus, the great Dane who set the Guinness World Record last year for the tallest male dog alive, had his front leg amputated Friday to save his life, according to his owners. The 3-foot-5-inch-tall dog — who stands over 7 feet on his hind legs — is recovering after undergoing the successful surgery that removed … Read more
Tick tac toe? With tick-borne afflictions spreading across the US at an alarming rate, there’s been an up-tick in horror stories involving this eight-legged scourge. Recently, an Ohio man lost all the toes on one of his feet after a tick bite triggered an infection that snowballed out of control. “It was infected that bad,” … Read more
She put her best foot forward. A British woman has risen to fame after starting an online shoe exchange for those who are missing one of their feet. Kent native Jo O’Callaghan, 49, was diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) as well as allodynia and had to have her right foot amputated, reported South … Read more