[Spridgets] Health effects of LBCs

[Kathryn Bales]

ASAP is not soon enough! Black = gangrene. It needs to be properly cared 
for immediately, or you can lose your foot or even your leg. Trust me on 
this one. My mother was an ICU nurse, and I have experienced gangrene 
first hand. It is nothing to play games with.

Kate

Jim Johnson wrote:
> Michael...   Get to a doctor, ASAP!  Nothing on that car is worth your
> health!
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Michael Rowe <mdrowe at optonline.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> I have what may be a new health effect of working on an LBC - three
>> frost-bitten toes.  To are just red and sore, like a burn; the third has a
>> black/dead spot on the pad about 1/4"x3/8" in diameter, I don't yet know
>>     
> how
>   
>> deep.  All hurt when I walk.
>>
>> I was using my hands as an indicator and going in periodically when they
>>  got too cold.  I did not pay attention to my feet, which were numb -
>> probably from reduced circulation owing to thick socks in street shoes.
>>
>> Michael Rowe
>> Invalid
>>
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> Jim
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