Candice Wyatt

2022 - 12 - 17

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TV star dealt awful health news (NEWS.com.au)

A shock diagnosis has a popular newsreader considering amputating her foot as she shares her horror health journey. Eli Green. less than 2 min read.

“It’s likely I was born this way … “It had been a little sore in the lead up … Suddenly, I couldn’t put weight on it at all.”

'Considered amputation': TV star's pain (Sky News Australia)

Channel 10's Candice Wyatt has shared that she has considered amputating her foot and is “struggling to see a future” after being diagnosed with two ...

“It had been a little sore in the lead up … “It’s likely I was born this way … Suddenly, I couldn’t put weight on it at all.” but why it may be causing me problems now, no one can explain. Sesamoiditis is an inflammation of the sesamoid bones in the ball of the foot and tendons they are embedded in and “isn’t curable, but can be managed”. “Almost four weeks ago, something in the ball of my left foot snapped while I was walking barefoot on floorboards,” she revealed on Instagram.

News anchor 'not about to cut foot off' after 'considering amputation' (Metro)

Australian news presenter Candice Wyatt insists she's 'not about to cut her foot off' after 'considering amputation' amid painful condition.

I’m relying on my amazing circle of friends more than I ever thought I would and as a fiercely independent person, this brings me to tears. ‘But on top of that, I have a third Sesamoid bone (the purple arrow points to it), which is abnormal (you should only have the two bones above it.) It’s likely I was born this way.. I’m so totally out of whack and struggling to see a future through the fog, that it’s not even funny. I promise to try to get back to you all. It had been a little sore in the lead up.. ‘Almost 4 weeks ago, something in the ball of my left foot snapped while I was walking barefoot on floorboards.

Australian newsreader Candice Wyatt considering foot amputation ... (New Zealand Herald)

The journalist says she's been brought to tears, having been diagnosed with sesamoiditis, alongside doctors finding a third sesamoid bone. “Almost four weeks ...

“It’s likely I was born this way … “It had been a little sore in the lead-up … but why it may be causing me problems now, no one can explain. Suddenly, I couldn’t put weight on it at all.” Sesamoiditis is an inflammation of the sesamoid bones in the ball of the foot and tendons they are embedded in and “isn’t curable, but can be managed”. She revealed she has seen doctors, surgeons, had CT scans, MRIs, cortisone injections and “the list goes on”.

Channel 10's Candice Wyatt gives fans an update on her health ... (Daily Mail)

The 40-year-old explained in an Instagram post that she has been diagnosed with sesamoiditis, which has left her on crutches and in constant pain. On Saturday, ...

Candice concluded: 'I'm terrified of the unknown and what I will and won't be able to do physically once a solution is found. 'I'm terrified of the unknown and what I will and won't be able to do physically once a solution is found. I'm so totally out of whack and struggling to see a future through the fog, that it's not even funny. 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' she said. 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' she wrote On Saturday, the Channel Ten newsreader clarified that she would not be undergoing an amputation

Newsreader Candice Wyatt was walking when she felt something in ... (Mamamia)

Candice Wyatt has been living with sesamoiditis, an inflammation/chronic pain foot condition. The Channel 10 presenter has opened up about her new reality.

But now, it was bad - to the point that she couldn't put weight on it at all. "It isn't curable, but can be managed. But this week, she has lifted the lid on the behind-the-scenes of why she has been missing from Channel 10's news program recently.