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Losing a foot to diabetes is terrifying, and preventable. How doctors are trying to help
Duane Lea is terrified of needing an amputation, or worse. The 46-year-old Toronto resident lost his right foot to a blood clot when he was in his 30s and is now constantly on alert about losing the left leg to diabetes. "It is like the fear never …