I m a 50 yr old female, and since Jan. 29, 2015 I ve been living a nightmare. I had a heart attack with a heart beating 200 beats a minute. Was rushed to emergency and they put a stent in my heart and a stent in my leg. Then my toes on the right foot started turning red and really hurting badly. Like my foot was broken. The only thing that would help the pain, is my husband s nerve gout medicine. I tried everything else and nothing worked. I was sitting up to sleep and could barely walk. Meantime, I continued to go back to my doctor and he kept saying it ll get better and put me in the hospital for another stent. In 3 mos. I ve had 8 stents, balloons, and black toes. I finally went in to see him and said I m going to the emergency room to get another doctor. He sent me to a podiatrist to amputate toes 3, 4, and 5. Relief finally! But, I LOST MY TOES!!! Is this normal? I asked him why this happened and he said it like this. the cholesterol and calcium gets shuffled and crap rolls downhill, and during the procedure, it rolled down to my feet and toes. He kept telling me I had good pulse in my feet. I even learned how to take my own pulse. We apparently, not enough oxygen got to them, because the fact remains that I lost my toes.... I had 95% blockages, and it s really difficult to get down that far on the foot. They are healing nicely btw