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I'm Not Sick But I'm Not Well!

 

 

 

 

Man Plans Cutting His Legs Off Online
Aug. 14
By Paul Eng
 

Would you pay $20 to watch someone chop off his own feet on the Internet? A partially paralyzed man in Biloxi, Miss., hopes so.

Paul Morgan, 33, says he's set up his Web site — cutoffmyfeet.com — not just for the morbidly curious, but ultimately for his own needs.

He's hoping enough people will sign up to view the grisly procedure — planned for Halloween — so that he can raise enough money for a new set of prosthetic limbs.

"This way, I just thought I'd be able make the money faster," Morgan says on his Web site. "I'm providing [Web viewers] something for their money and I'm just going to get me some new legs."

Limited Legs

Morgan, who is unemployed, lost the use of his feet almost 15 years ago when he fell from a moving pickup truck and was run over by the attached boat trailer. After three years of rehabilitation, Morgan is able to walk, but only with the aid of plastic braces that keep his nonfunctional legs rigid.

Morgan says that to return to a fuller life, he needs a $200,000 set of hydraulic limbs — prosthetics that he says his local Medicare and Medicaid considers unnecessary and therefore won't cover.

"I'm tired of fighting them," says Morgan, who notes that his $550 monthly disability checks barely cover his medical necessities. "I just want my freedom back."

The Next Steps

Since establishing the Web site with the help of friends a few months ago, Morgan says more than 10,000 people have been visiting every day.

So far, only 10 people have ponied up the $20 for the forthcoming "operation." "Membership has been slow," Morgan says. "People still don't believe it's going to happen."

Morgan believes that will change as he begins the next phase: designing his own guillotine to remove his atrophied feet.

Morgan says the construction of the device may take a while, since he wants to ensure the blade will cut through his ankles cleanly and quickly. But he says members who sign up and pay the $20 at the site will be able to watch the entire construction process — including tests using sides of beef.

{C}He says he is concerned over possible blood loss, and hopes to have a team of paramedics on hand when he drops the blade, although he hasn't arranged one yet.

Even if the gruesome proposition doesn't bring in online voyeurs with a taste for the macabre, Morgan says he still plans on going ahead with the procedure on Halloween, Oct. 31. He says he may have lined up enough "residual revenues" from other sources such as online advertisements on his site.

Morgan also hints that potential book and movie deals about his ordeal would be more than able to cover any revenue shortfall.

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98337

 

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Umbert I did not know this fact about you my friend. 

 

Thank you for trusting us enough to share. 

 

I myself have been in a plane crash and I have flown again since. It took many years and I still get pretty nervous.

 

Would you get back on a motorcycle if you were given a chance?

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Umbert I did not know this fact about you my friend. 

 

Thank you for trusting us enough to share. 

 

I myself have been in a plane crash and I have flown again since. It took many years and I still get pretty nervous.

 

Would you get back on a motorcycle if you were given a chance?

Dear Friend... I did infact got back riding   a motorcycle ( bought a new one...)  after a few years from my accident... It was just fine as I had never developed any fear of it.. Then I stopped riding ( it was a scooter... Vespa) only because  it was more comfortable to drive a car....Esp.in the wintertime.....

 

Sorry to hear you were in a plane crash ( sounds horrible!)... I'm happy you got out of it and that you're alive...  So ( among other things)  that gave me the chance to be graced with your friendship

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and you as well my friend....funny what can bring people together....funny

True.....I thank the Universe I had ( so far, at least) a  normal life... Travelled around the world ( in the past..now I'm not so great financially....smile), did my things etc.....

 

Funny how I hated walking  before my accident...Then I started getting into it ( walking) cos I had to in order to get used to prosthetics....So now I couldn't feel well if I didn't take my walk.. I love walking

 

 

Grazie for your kind words.

Yeah I almost did the same thing years ago on my Dirt bike.  Sorry to hear this Umb.

 

Are you still mobile?

Hello SoCal... Yes thank God ( Universe, destiny, fate...) I am   and have been not long after my accident ( 1975..passed 4 months in hospital)... I've been fine with this .. The only bad part was at the beginning in getting accustomed to the usage of prosthetics... And they have progressed  much with quality of prosthetics through time which is good....Not easy in the beginning... But then it was fine...Been almost 40 years...Smile... Grazie my Friend

 

 Bottom line.. It's all a bonus to me as I was about to die.. For real

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Good to hear Umbertino

Make sure you make time for that vacation

I know money is tight but even a mini vacation is worthwhile

Take care!

Indeed..You are so right....Grazie....

Umbert on vacation

 

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or is it more like this umbert....

 

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lol......Used to have a beard many years ago.....Then  someone ( a woman) told  I'd look much better without it and I got rid of it.....Smile

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