Woman just felt aches and pains in foot — before having both legs amputated A woman felt aches and pains in foot, and then needed both her legs amputated.
The 57-year-old began to feel aches and pains in her foot, but put it down to age, when actually she had developed a condition called Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), which causes blockages in sufferers' arms or legs.
However, two years later she experienced PAD again, but this time in the other leg and despite the efforts of surgeons to save her leg, she then also had to have that leg amputated.
Despite trying to widen her arteries to restore blood flow to her foot several times — a procedure known as angioplasty — Samantha was told her lower leg would have to be removed.
Samantha Wyles from Coalville, North West Leicestershire, lost both her legs after she contracted a condition which causes blockages in the arteries.
