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21-year-old to have legs amputated after legs locked straight, bent backwards

New York Post·SWNS·22 days ago
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A young woman will have both her legs surgically amputated after they bent at a 45-degree angle upwards. Megan Dixon, 21, has been left with unbearable, constant pain for the past eight years when her legs were fixed completely straight. Megan, who also suffers from functional neurological disorder (FND), has bewildered doctors who have not been able to find a cause of her condition. But she says it has taken them so long to take action that her only choice left is to have them both amputated as she struggles with basic, daily tasks. Megan, from Cambridgeshire, is fundraising for an electric wheelchair to bring back her independence post-amputation – having not walked since she was 14. Megan Dixon, 21, has been left with unbearable, constant pain for the past eight years when her legs were fixed completely straight. Tom Maddick She said: “It was the hardest when I met with the amputee clinic and they said amputation was my best and only option. “I was hoping deep down they would say there was another way.…

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