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Any prosthetic foot experts here? Amputees?
My wife has suffered through several surgeries and years of pain and trouble. She's essentially disabled because of it, and the only options at this point are 1. full fusion of the ankle (sounds terrible, one joint is already fused), 2. ankle joint replacement (Dr. says she's too young, because they only last a few years before needing replaced again), and 3. amputation and prosthetic foot. As frustrating and painful as the whole process has been, she's about ready to just cut the darn thing off. The Dr. says he can't recommend that because it's a drastic step, but he won't recommend anything else either, and we can't go on like this.