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How I Discovered The Cause Of The Excruciating Pain That Nearly Ended My Life

In 2020, Sandra Carlson, felt a shooting pain down her left leg which would change her life forever. Multiple specialists in four different states were unable diagnose her excruciating pain. As Sandra’s symptoms worsened, she began to lose hope that her misery would ever end. But her husband, Travis, never gave up. He reached out to a plastic surgeon in Houston who was able to reverse the cause of Sandra’s pain and give her life back.

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