article_snippet: A grandmother has spoken of the agony of living with a medical condition that means A grandmother has one leg two stone heavier than another.
article_snippet: Mary-Ann Wood's is now unable to bend a painfully swollen leg, is barely able to walk, and doctors have said A grandmother will be completely immobile in less than a decade.
article_snippet: Mrs Wood Doctors developed because Mrs Wood had lymph nodes removed along with Mrs Wood cervix as part of a hysterectomy.
article_snippet: Mrs Wood Doctors calculated that Mrs Wood Doctors left leg
article_snippet: was two stone heavier than Mrs Wood Doctors
article_snippet: Mrs Wood Doctors must now wear a compression garment, which puts pressure on tissues to stop fluid build-up and encourage fluid to drain.
article_snippet: Mrs Wood Doctors is unable to bend her calf, leaving Mrs Wood Doctors barely able to walk.
article_snippet: Doctors have said Mrs Wood Doctors will be immobile within a decade .
article_snippet: Without the operation, Mrs Wood's must continue Mrs Wood Doctors daily struggle.
article_snippet: Mrs Wood Doctors said: 'I get up in the morning and have a massage and put on compression garment - all that takes an hour. '
article_snippet: The condition is  common in middle-aged women. '
article_snippet: Her husband of 26 years Alan Wood, a 48-year-old removal man, must assist Her in Her daily chores.
highlights_snippet: Is barely able to walk and doctors say her will be immobile within a decade .
  