Symptoms include: Pain and tenderness in the ball of the foot and the big toe; Swelling and bruising of the ball of the foot and the big toe; Inability to bear weight on the ball of the injured foot; Inability to push off on the big toe; Reduced range of motion in the big toe.
Lawyer Ira Lee Sorkin, who represents Madoff, asked for a 12-year sentence. In a letter to the judge, Sorkin explained that his 71-year-old client has an approximate life expectancy of 13 years and isn't likely to outlive the requested sentence by more than a year.
Andrew Madoff, 48, 'died peacefully' in a New York hospital on Wednesday. He fought lymphoma in 2003 and was diagnosed again in October 2012. In an interview last year, he blamed the stress of his father's arrest for his relapse and said he would never forgive him.