Lexi Reed.Photo:Lexi Reed/Instagram
Lexi Reed/Instagram
Lexi Reedis starting off 2024 without fear.
On Saturday, the weight loss influencer posteda video on Instagramto show what it was like to battle the rare health condition, calciphylaxis, in 2022.
In a video set to Demi Lovato’s song “Skyscraper,” Reed showed her followers the reality of healing, writing in the caption, “30+ open painful wounds from my thighs to my shoulders.”
“Words can’t always describe the pain that I went through, but the scars tell the full story,” Reed wrote in a lengthy caption that accompanied the Instagram video. “Each wound started as a hard painful knot that the doctors told me was probably just a sore muscle, but the pain worsened daily as I searched for answers and refused to settle without finding out what was happening to my body.”
Calciphylaxis causes “blood clots, painful skin ulcers and may cause serious infections that can lead to death” — and for Reed, the often-fatal illness led to59 weeks of treatmentlast year for painful wounds all over her body.
According to Reed’s caption n her latest post, she was told that infection is the leading cause of death in people living with calciphylaxis, “so every wound left me terrified to be another statistic to this awful disease.”
Lexi Reed’s weight loss.Lexi Reed/Instagram
“Today, I can gladly say that I’m in remission as the wounds have closed, but I’ve seen that it’s possible for Calciphylaxis to come back with the limited information that’s out there,” Reed’s post concluded. “However, i refuse to live in fear, i’m also grateful to still be here and not taking any time for granted. Reminder to always fight for your health and never take time for granted! [SIC].”
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In December 2023, Reed announced she’d lost over 200 lbs and weighed199 lbs. on Christmas Dayafter having a starting weight of 495 lbs.
“I got back to ONEderland! That means that I’ve lost 86.8 lbs. since March,” she said in the poston Instagramin December.
source: people.com
