Channel 10’s Candice Wyatt has shared that she’s thought of amputating her foot and is “struggling to see a future” after being identified with two illnesses.
The journalist says she’s been delivered to tears after being identified with Sesamoiditis alongside medical doctors discovering a 3rd Sesamoid bone.
“Almost 4 weeks ago, something in the ball of my left foot snapped while I was walking barefoot on floorboards,” she revealed on Instagram.
“It had been a little sore in the lead up…but nothing too bad. Suddenly, I couldn’t put weight on it at all.”
She revealed that she has seen medical doctors, surgeons, had CT scans, MRIs, Cortisone injections and “the list goes on”.
Sesamoiditis is an irritation of the sesamoid bones within the ball of the foot and tendons they’re embedded in and “isn’t curable, but can be managed”.
Ms Wyatt has shared the ache she’s skilled after the prognosis, saying she’s been compelled to depend on pals greater than she thought she would, including “as a fiercely independent person, this brings me to tears.”
“I’m so totally out of whack and struggling to see a future through the fog, that it’s not even funny. I’ve considered amputation,” she stated.
“I’ve lived on crutches for the past 4 weeks. I crawl in and out of the shower.
I can’t do my normal job as a journalist, so I either have to present the News at the desk or produce from behind the scenes.
“My social life has been shot to shite. I’m exhausted from my mobility issues.”
She additionally revealed that medical doctors discovered a 3rd Sesamoid bone, the place most individuals have two.
“It’s likely I was born this way.. but why it may be causing me problems now, no one can explain. There’s a chance I may need surgery to remove it,” she stated.
The newspresenter additionally urged her pals and followers to understand their well being.
“Please never, ever, underestimate the privilege of being healthy and able. If you can plant two feet on the ground and stand up.. you’re having a good day.”
Originally revealed as Channel 10’s Candice Wyatt contemplating foot amputation after prognosis
