Brit skier nearly has 'cold leg' amputated after rare holiday blood clot

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Metro online, she said: “I just couldn’t get it warm and I sat by a radiator but it made no difference. I thought it was a bit strange but didn’t really think anything of it. “The next day, I went into work and on the way home, I was driving and started to get a lot of pain while using the clutch.”Once home, Angie self-prescribed some pain killers and an early night to bed – but the next day was concerned when she felt pain when she started to walk.She explained: “After about 50 metres, I was in a lot of pain.

My partner took me to a walk-in centre and the doctor said I needed to see my GP the next day to get an urgent referral to see a vascular consultant.“I saw him soon after but because we had been in the cold, he thought it could be.