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First, some good news: My legs have been swollen for months, the left leg large, the right leg huge. Swollen legs were the beginning of the chain of events that ended with my wife’s death, and I don’t have health insurance, and I’m thoroughly irresponsible, so I ignored the swelling, even after the right leg’s skin was stretched to near-ripping and hurt like a sunburn.