How much to lose your legs??

Did he perform unnecessary amputations?

This was my thought too.

I still can't wrap my head around this story, I read it before I saw your thread and I've been thinking about it all day. It's one of the craziest stories I've come across.

I wouldn’t swap my legs for any amount of money.
I am concerned as this individual has received press coverage as being an inspirational dr, that there is press coverage all over showing his young family. It now seems really unfortunate given the links to the crimes he could be associated with. I hope some previous press articles are removed.

I think it depends on your life set up.

For me, no amount of money would be worth losing my legs. I live on my own, very rurally and both my job and the hobby I spend 3-4 evenings a week on require full mobility.

But if I lived in a town/city, with a family that I enjoyed spending time with, worked full time from home and had sit down hobbies then yes, I can imagine parting with my legs for a few million pounds.

He he has a amputation fetish, doesn't this cast doubt on the necessity of all the operations he performed? 😳

I don’t consider myself overly religious but I feel wrong about the idea of swapping anything god gave me for money.

Interesting article related to this question:

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/12/a-new-way-to-be-mad/304671/

@Sweetbeansandmochi in the article it says it is nothing to do with how he acted with patients - I think this is all about him/the insurance. Let’s hope that’s correct. Completely weird though …

It’s all over the press. He had sepsis, they tried oxygen therapy which didn’t work so they were removed with his consent. They aren’t saying much about where the fraud kicks in but seems to be the nature of acquiring the sepsis.

Can you link to that? I’d be gobsmacked if a vascular surgeon would remove someone’s legs unless they absolutely had to.

It is well known that some people have a body dysmorphia that means they want to be rid of healthy limbs.

Obviously this doesn’t relate to those who want to be rid of healthy genitalia.

Almost as nutty as the doctors at NHS Fife.

But I don't think any amount of lolly would persuade me to part with legs. Short as they are, they are mine, and I'm quite fond of them.

Critical health care insurance, mortgage paid off, NHS pension paid on early retirement. DLA, Blue Badge, Motability car, some long suffering lady running round after him.

Nah, not worth it even for all that.

Fucking HELL! I was treated by vascular surgeons at that hospital in 2018! They didn't amputate anything and it wasn't him but that still hits very uncomfortably close to home!

No his legs were removed in hospital by a vascular team.

I understood that he lied about the sepsis and he removed his own legs, unless I’ve misunderstood.

Was going to say similar, would consider them as I have legs affected by muscular dystrophy.

I’m already a wheelchair user, my legs are painful and useless so I’d happily exchange them for £10m.

It would sort out so many problems in my life, and even 1 million buys a lot of mobility aids!

I don’t think an insurance payout would be enough if it was in the tens of thousands, but tens of millions, absolutely, they can go. I know people who cycle with leg amputations, even do triathlon etc. I’m quite athletic and I reckon I’d be fit enough to rehab to a level that would still allow me to enjoy sport. I’d not have to work and whilst I absolutely don’t doubt that it would be difficult at times, and I don’t want to minimise anyone’s experience, based on previous sporting injuries, whilst it’s been a bit shit, painful, frustrating etc I’ve also enjoyed (for want of a better word) learning to do stuff again with rebuilt limbs. In the tens of millions you’d have enough for top end physio and the most advanced prosthetics and I think k that would make a massive difference.

On the other hand no amount of money would convince me to lose both arms and to be honest probably not just my dominant arm either. I need the motor skills and I really feel for people with upper limb issues. Whilst some (many) people do achieve a lot I personally just couldn’t get my head round all the fine motor stuff your hands do.

It’s a really interesting discussion and I absolutely mean no negativity to those who have gone through amputation and are struggling. I know that this is theoretical and is based on significant theoretical funds to help overcome issues.

No amount of money for my legs - god no !

I could do a pinky finger for a million maybe…

I saw a bizarre TV programme once on people who have a fetish for amputations and others who have some kind of mental disorder whereby they feel their healthy limbs are somehow alien / disgusting to them and are desperate to have them removed. (Sometimes even lying down on a train track when doctors refuse to amputate for no good reason.)

It seems this surgeon falls into one of these categories and has also been facilitating others of the same ilk. The insurance money (fraud) was probably just a ‘bonus’ not the actual reason for having his legs removed. It’s a weird, weird world out there, made even weirder by the wonders of the internet whereby these people can find each other and act on their strange impulses!

He didn't perform his own amputation, it's the sepsis and how he acquired it that seems to be debated.

So sorry to hear this! If I might ask, how do you type? Is it eye gaze tech?

I'm sorry that this happened to you, that's awful thing to go through.