I TRAINED AS A PODIATRIST and worked in the NHS treating patients who had compromised neurological or vascular systems, mainly due to diabetes mellitus, or orthopaedic leg and foot problems. Most of my work was care-based, helping to salvage feet and lower limbs, and I worked in a multidisciplinary team of vascular consultants, endocrinologists and orthopaedic surgeons.
I was always conscious
