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    AVOIDING the cut

    Jun 13, 2019 5 minutes

    Amputation in Australia is the second-highest rate in the developed world. But why is it happening? What is the reality of life as an amputee? How can you avoid becoming another statistic? We’ve got the answers for you.

    “I used to think having diabetes was like having a cold – a bit annoying, a bit inconvenient, but nothing too serious,” says 53-year-old Rod Winton from his home in Perth. “That was until I had to have some toes amputated from my right foot four years ago. I was dumbfounded. I couldn’t believe it was all happening as a result of my diabetes.”

    Diagnosed 10 years ago with type 2, Rod suffered another blow at the start of 2018: now his left foot was under siege.

    “I went to bed one Friday night, feeling a bit ‘off’, and by Saturday morning my little toe was completely black. Over the next two weeks, I had

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