After A Year In Space, Scott Kelly’s Body Is Going Through Something Gruesome
“Alien Stumps”
As if space isn’t terrifying enough, the realization of just how hard the conditions of zero-gravity are even more ghastly. Kelly opened up about what he refers to as his alien stumps,”I can feel the tissue in my legs swelling. I shuffle my way to the bathroom, moving my weight from one foot to the other with deliberate effort. Left. Right. Left. Right. I make it to the bathroom, flip on the light, and look down at my legs. They are swollen and alien stumps, not legs at all.”
This real-life account of the intense swelling is hard to read, and it’s just the beginning of what he had to go through.
