She is managing the loss of her foot and has dropped almost 70 pounds since she first noticed the wound.

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Potega, a healthy-living blogger in Rockford, Illinois, first noticed she was sleep-texting a few years ago.

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Her first husband noticed the change and softly asked her whether she thought her new personality was a good thing.

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But in 1999, when Blackwell first encountered her, she was just another coltish athlete, struggling to be noticed.

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She turned on her side to better look at it, and noticed for the first time how comely it was, how round and smooth were its face and shoulders and belly, how lustrous was its hair.

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