“There are going to be risks with transplantation that frighten me. Saying this, I’m not sure if that sounds bad. Like, if I should be more adventurous to try new things and to enter trials.” No. It does NOT sound bad. You are 100% right that there are risks, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with being satisfied with a working prosthetic, and frightened of the risks associated with transplantation. It’s your body, and what would be bad would be doing something that doesn’t feel right TO YOU just to satisfy some arbitrary concept of “adventurous” as defined by someone else.
I remember fairly recently reading about a girl who had hands transplanted that were a much darker skin tone, but over time they've changed to almost match her natural skin tone and doctors don't know how or why it has happened. Its such an interesting area of study and there's still so much unknown but it seems promising for future generations!
I just had my left leg amputated I think a week ago now. I'm still in the hospital now. I'm glad I found your channel it helps laying here. I feel pretty sad and depressed sometimes but I'm hanging in there and know eventually I'll learn to walk again.
The guy in the article at 6:00 had the double leg transplant in 2011 in Spain. In 2013 he got some medical condition and he had to be taken off of the anti-rejection medication which cause him to need the double leg transplant amputated again. Brigham and Women’s hospital was looking for people in 2013 for a leg transplant and in that article they said it was only done twice before (one was the guy in the article and idk the other one as I couldn’t find it). So I guess you can say a leg transplant has been done and been a success. It was just an unseen medical issue not connected to the transplant that caused them to need to be amputated again after 1.5-2 years.
Other one was a conjoined twin at birth. Kind of hard to count. There's been 2 others since from turkey. But from what I've gathered it's very unit 731 sounding
Wait until they can give you a leg transplant that you can detach and reattach, controlling it with your mind even when detached so you can attack your enemies from behind. 🤣
@@oliver27070 yup, they already did a face transplant and that has left a lot of people unsettled as they consider the face as a pivotal element of their identity. Reality is though that due to the differences in bone structure a face transplant will not make you look exactly like the donor. That said not all organs have yet been successfully transplanted and some I'm not sure ever will, e.g. ovaries since the donor would need to be pre-menopause and then there's still the issue that the genetics would differ so what benefit over simply using donor eggs?
There’s a video floating out there on RUclips of the cutest little kid getting a double hand transplant. The boy had lost his hands and feet I believe due to meningococcal infection a few years prior. The hospital he was treated at had selected him specifically due partly due to his age and skin tone (from memory he was African-American but not super dark toned) he sends a message to the donor’s family saying he would take the best care possible of his new arms/hands it was soooo cute!
Transplanting a limb is very different from other kinds of transplants. I can’t find the medical article it’s pretty old and wasn’t from the us, so I probably reading a translation but in a psych course I took a few years ago we read about a man who got a hand transplant after having lost his in an accident. He couldn’t connect emotionally with the hand even though it was mostly functional and eventually opted to have it amputated again for his mental health. I know the article explained he went on to be happy with a prosthetic. It became a big thing for patients to have to pass a lot of psych evals in order to be considered for limb transplants at that hospital. They are by no means a bad thing but not something everyone would want or be able to live with, being worried and scared and thinking the risks out way the benefits is a perfectly valid and reasonable look at the idea.
I first heard about limb transplants a few years ago, and I was like "SWEET! I may be able to be a donor after all!!" Bc like.... I signed up to be an organ (and tissue) donor when I was 19, but since then have developed/been diagnosed with a ton of health problems that would probably make me ineligible for organ donation. Annnnnd then I got diagnosed with EDS too so I probably can't donate limbs either bc my joints are shit. Oh well. At least I also signed up for the "donate my body to science" thing. Maybe my shitshow of a body can give medical researchers some insights 😅 (Basically when signing up I selected everything bc like. It's not as tho I'm gonna be using my body after I'm dead. Might as well let the medical people use whatever they can for whatever they can 🤷♂️ (especially if it'll save and/or improve lives, or at least our understanding of medical shit which can go towards saving and/or improving lives))
this girl joining clinical trail for leg transplant is so brave! I remember all your pain etc when you were recovering after your surgeries, and this girl may as well go through it all and still have no meat leg if the procedure doesn't work.
i imagine a lot of people in a situation like yours would not want to take the risk of a transplant, even once it passes trials. it might be (probably will) a painful and long process with lots of rehab needed. and that's a best case scenario. if you have another option with less risks, I think a lot of people will choose that.
I know, right? I came down to the comments to see if anyone had the explanation for a bologna amputation and started cracking up when I realized that she was saying "below knee amputation!"
I saw an article a while back about a little boy who received a double hand transplant! It was pretty cool. The risks for him were even more justified as he already had to be on anti-rejection medication (which you'd probably need to be on for life) for an organ transplant he had needed.
My MIL is a transplantation coordinator and about five years ago had to do compassion training for talking to families of donors about their loved one possibly donating limbs and not just organs or tissue. She said it was about navigating the conversation and addressing concerns from parents especially who do not like the idea of their child (regardless of age) being "dismembered" in a way that we have, in many cases, moved away from in more traditional donation situations. Interestingly, mothers tended to have this kind of reaction and fathers seemed to move into the fascinating sci-fi perspective a lot faster. In my province there have been a couple limb transplants since then but very much on the down-low for the time being. It's interesting to hear the reaction of someone who has the possibility of being able to receive this new treatment, whether you would take it or not. Thank you for sharing your perspective.
As a below knee amp with 20 years in the game, this is not something I would consider. It's too weird. I get on with my prosthesis just fine. Still, my love and respect for all the amputees who would put their body on the line for medical research. You are the ones moving us all forward.
I'm the poster child for a new option for pain management and CRPS. Literally the pharmaceutical company trains their technicians and employees using my case, and they get "star struck" if they get to work with me on a reprogramming lol.
Yes. Johns Hopkins is currently doing research on using antibodies and bone marrow infusion so that the recipient will only have to take one low dose maintenance drug instead of the current multiple drug anti-rejection drugs that we use now.
Yes. That's why leg transplants don't happen even though they could, like hand and face transplants. Even with their problems, leg prosthetics work too well for transplants to be a reasonable risk; prosthetic hands are far more limited in their practical function. Not only is the transplant surgery risky, but the medications are incredibly risky. They result in a much higher cancer risk and a suppressed immune system, which is a risk worth taking for someone who would die without transplanting a vital organ.
@@Sadimal why most surgeries are possible just the anti-rejection drugs rest of your life to the regretting it to base on what your plans on have done to
They were talking about leg transplants when my mum became a b/k amputee almost 25 years ago. I remember asking her if she was asked if she would consider a transplant (she never accepted her amputation), she told me no. Granted her situation was different from yours as she was in her 60’s and lost her leg due to diabetes. Times are a changing for sure.
As a physically challenged person myself, i do understand the concerns and questions, that is why i find it is always important to do what is best for your situation and lifestyle as a whole.
I’m not an amputee, but I’ve actually had to think about this a lot. I’m a professional musician and my main instrument is piano. I absolutely need both hands and a leg in order to do my work. I’d be fine with a prosthetic leg, but I’d need meat arms to do any kind of piano stuff (plus I’m a violinist as well). If arm transplants ever get to the point where you could rehab to play piano, I would definitely consider arm transplants if I needed them.
Footless Jo, there’s also the lifetime of immunosuppressant meds that transplant recipients have to take. If the patients’ bodies reject the limb or organ, it has to be removed. Then, there’s the emotional roller coaster. Thus, I think your decision is perfect.
Not related to the topic but I absolutely love how fast you talk and that you get to the point in your videos so fast! Like, there are so many people who either talk too fast or too slow but you just have the perfect talking pace 👌
There’s a little boy in Baltimore who got a double hand transplant a few years ago. Great kid, process, and story. He threw out the first pitch at an Orioles game a while back.
So I have this video on my TV. My MIL walked in at the meat leg, the prosthetic leg wouldn't be delicious comment. She looked at me horrified and said wait she saying a human leg would be delicious?! After I got done laughing I explained that it's kind of a joke around here and went back to the part where you explained why you call them mean legs and she was like ding lightbulb moment "oh I get it now!" And now I'm back on the floor laughing again XD
I read the article about the man with the double leg transplant, and apparently he needed to take anti-rejection medication for the rest of his life to keep the legs but he had a life threatening illness and needed to stop taking those medications to save his life. So in theory, it seems like there was a chance it could have worked, but getting sick and needing an immune system is always a possibility. I have no knowledge about how things have developed since then, but that was the context in his case.
medical developments are amazing and becoming so advanced but the problem with any operation or procedure is the chance of complications that may come from it for example when i was little i had an operation to fix my right foot as it was twisted known as a club foot to fix it they removed tendants from one side of the foot to the other to force the foot to move and throughout life when i was a kid it was not too bad but when i was ten the side the had removed the tendant from stopped working and meant it was causing problems for my foot so i got a reverse operation to put the tendant back and release the killys tendant to keep the foot how it was nice and straight put it like this i am now 23 its been 13 years and i dont need any support or splint around my leg, however their is downsides my right ankle and leg is thinner than my left no matter how much i work on it , the strength of my foot isnt as strong as a normal foot would be meaning if i walk long distances i can feel the pain in my foot, i think its amazing what can be done but everything has a cost when you correct something my brother has sociosis to the severity of that of someone with spinabitheda and was operated on when he was 7 the fella is a terminator two titaniaum rods and a metal pervis as he was missing one from birth, the doctors told my mum and brother that it was highly likely he wouldnt be able to work ever again and not even three days after sugery he was able to walk the little shit define mother nature but it was a clean sheet years since he has had to learn to cope and live with his condition and the extreme pain it can cause, and even though he can walk he can only do it short distances and compared to when he got the op he is slowly losing power and function meaning at some point in his life he will be wheelchair bound but he isnt too worried because he feels more like himself when using his chair.
I agree with you that to me the risk's out weigh the everything else if what happened to you happened to me I would do what you did and as far as replacement of a limb I would say no because of the risk's. Love your channel and love how strong you are ❤️😘💋❤️😍💋💋💋
I completely understand wanting to go with something tried and tested that works. I would probably do the same. I dont even like student nurses taking my blood lol. (I do say sorry but im really nervous and juat want it over and done with) so i couldnt even think about concidering something as experimental as that.
Yes, I would love for you to go for it. Science invention now is truly amazing and exciting! If you reject it, can be removed and back to prosthesis. Make sure you get a second opinion and have a professional doctor. Greetings from Thailand 😷🙏
Waiting for new procedures/surgeries to develop further, when possible, is never a bad idea. When and if you decide to give this serious consideration I would recommend you go to the hospital where the procedure was developed if you can. Also, if you're not a candidate for the surgery initially, keep checking, things change.
I think it makes sense that hand transplants happened first, because hand amputation reduces your independence way more than a leg or foot amputation. Like if you really don't do well with prosthetic legs, you still have the iwalk / crutches / wheelchair options to get around, even though accessibility to many places still needs improvement. But I feel like not having hands or missing one is more limiting in day to day activities, like getting dressed, cooking, getting cleaned etc...
For some reason whenever I see btk amputees raise their limbs like you did in the intro, I get like the feeling of that cat meme where the cat is raising its leg and is like "dis my leg, lewk at it, i dont know if its the shape of the limb or what. Also you could literally raise your carbon leg high like the cat in the meme since you can detach it haha
In Judaism or Jewish folklore there are Dybbuk's and Ibburs, the first being the spirit of a deceased person inhabiting a living person and said malevolent spirit, the latter the same but I guess a benevolent spirit, 😉😉😉. As a doctor informed me of people most commonly having heart transplants where they experience personality and appetites of the person that was a domor. Of course, nothing is absolute, yet, it's interesting. With a limb transplant, are the anti rejection meds needed? I'm not up on the meds used, yet I correlated how a beehive is so much like a entity, working similiar to a body. As stick a bee from another hive inside, unless carrying nectar or pollen, it's apt to get attacked. Put a new queen in without the previous queen having been absent, shell get jumped and killed. But, remove the old queen, the pheromones she released will dissipate and the bees of the hive will go into panic mode to recreate a new queen, where the hive is more receptive to a new queen. Some even smash the old queen on a queen cage. Everything working off pheromones that to bees are identifiable. Seemingly mimicking white blood cells of a animal body. The older more aggressive bees, most likely to attack, which are also the worker bees that are out gathering pollen, nectar and resin. Having a strong nectar flow or simulated nectar flow, removes them from the hive, where they place emphasis on having priorities of food gathering. Which gives the new queen a chance to be tended to younger bees that release her from the cage, then she can start laying eggs, which further enhances her likelihood of survival and successful introduction. I say all this, as the cells of the body work very much the same. I'm curious if body parts do not have identifying traits at the cellular level???🤔🤔🤔. Then, if tricking the body into not attacking or the cells that would attack or ignore the new piece distracted and detoured to other positive functions could be initiated, keeping them.preoccupied. While the other cells, having the same functions as bees could be attracted to the piece (limb, organ, gland), active removing damaged cells, while bringing in new material to replace, repair and build new tissue????🤔🤔🤔. Then once new tissue replaces and builds new tissue, the other cells give acceptance and go about their regular routine??? Understanding that over a period of time, older blood cells dying off as do older bees, with new bees, new cells being born into a hive with a queen that to them is the queen???? Even society works similarly. Introduce another people, another culture into one existing, tensions can rise as well as violence if morale is low or needs are challenged. Similiar in the body. I would think similiar to the idea of TAO, which I understand is a philosophy as en explanation of physics, where there's certain dynamics that everything operates for self preservation. Which, examining this possible theory would probably beyond molecular and microbiology, but getting into nanobiology which may not be actually known or identified by science as of yet. If it is, identifying these things of cells having identifying emissions that identify them with other cells similiar to pheromones. Just consider, if surgeons knew and had experience with old time carpentry skills (talking about knowledge of skill and ability with joinery, etc.) mechanics, pneumatics/hydraulics what could be devised for the human body. Where molecular and microbiologists looking only at cells possibly unaware of odors that have not been discovered or other means of identification of cells by a body's cells. Which of course, some thinking they're so intelligent, they're like the naysayers of those for thousands of years doubting electricity, human flight, magnetism, etc. Other words professional neanderthals, 😂😂😂😂😂. Only knowing of what they have been taught to know, even though highly advanced requiring many years of schooling and experience, they locked themselves in a box of thought only dealing with the knowledge that is known and totally negligent of more they may not be aware of???? As with a transplant, a diversion might could be created where another objectionable alien piece of tissue is introduced to attract the cells that attack foreign bodies in the body, significant so cells place emphasis and priority on this other piece. At a pheromone level, something that really stands out as having priority. Or, somehow identifying what cells use to identify citizen cells from alien cells. Or, introducing certain highly desired nutrients into the body, whether amino acids, minerals, vitamins, or especially micronutrients or even something as plant substances mimicking hormones and other secretions the body recognizes as being needed and a priority to catabolic behaviour(?). Which to facilitate, a deficit may be needed. As cells would probably recognize the need for the body to thrive, very similiar to a beehive with simulated nectar and pollen flows. Another method being somehow coating the cells of a new limb, organ, gland, so that the body does not recognize it as a threat, but instead a foreign body that must removal from the body, so is not in attack mode, but more like house cleansing, where comparable to disaster after a hurricane, the cells (humans) of the body work to remove the debris, as they remove this material, they attain gradual introduction to new tissue, thus not creating a panic or frenzy of attacking, but instead gradually introduced to new cells, that shows no hostile affect to the body. As most anyone, regardless of their specialty or higher knowledge get trapped in a train of thought never exploring the things that may be. It's how most minds work. Totally unaware of unknown other things. 😂😂😂, Any number tending to look at only factors known, never considering factors unknown as of yet, so do not search, but stay with their current method of thinking. As well as getting fixated on the more complex, complex, technical while totally ignoring basics and simplicity. A good example would be a electronic guy being given a hair roller that does not work, where they look at heating element, circuitry and components trying to find the problem. Never considering what it is used for, rolling the hair. Which there's wires constantly twisted, which after repetitive twisting over time the area twisted and untwisted gets brittle, eventually break, creating an open where current can not flow. Even at the highest levels many experts forget to look at simplicity or elementary factors. Reminds me of a fellow who engine was missing so he takes his car to a dealer mechanic who lost ability to think, letting a machine do it. Told the fellow he had a miss on #7 cylinder. Bad thing is, he had a V-6. Only 6 cylinders. Which, if scientist were to see this so that it might make it to.professional circles, in this area of science, some being uppity may dismiss it, as others scoffed at ideas others had as they believed themselves to know so much and desired to protect their pride or authority, they scoff keeping them stupid, although considered intelligent from the mass of knowledge they have, where someone else, knowing what they knew, took the idea and investigated and even if it was not a picture perfect concept, they did discover relevant material which brought about deeper knowledge and ability. Ever wonder why Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison never invented a computer? Dr. Noone, PhD. , School of H.K. & M.T.
I wouldn't unless it was my own tissue. Graft vs. Host is GNARLY. I'd rather have a tried and true cool prosthetic, or even not having a prosthetic, because... if you look into implant rejection, holy crap, you should really be considering transplant when there is literally no other choice.
It makes sense, I work at a human crematory and medical donation places where people donate their body to science, but most medical schools only want a torso, so the arms, legs, and head are removed and sent off to be cremated, so the family has some ashes, and their torso goes on to be in research and education. If you think you donate your body to science that stays whole, sadly, that is not the case. We get a van load of arms, heads and legs in moving boxes to cremate on a regular basis. It's nice to hear those limbs can help others, after all, why donate your body to help others when parts are just dismissed as unnecessary to be boxed up and set on fire when they could be sold at a great profit margin.
There's people who've gotten Transplants and regretted that decision. Because of Psychological reasons. It was because the Transplant looked so different and foreign to what their original Limb looked like, they just couldn't accept the idea of wanting to continue with the Transplant...... Also many people don't realise that apart from the Psychological adjustment of getting used to the Transplanted Limb, there's also a Physical adjustment as well. There's just as much therapy and exercise that a patient has to do to "break in" the new Limb. And in some instances there may be more therapy and exercise needed. And that's "on top of" all the other things discussed in this post..... And if a person has gotten used to their Artificial Limb. And it's not really causing any or much pain and real hassle, that person may not want to undergo more surgery. They've gotten to a "happy new normal" ........... There's one thing "Blade Runners" can do better than people who have all their limbs. And that is they can potentially run faster. And with less effort (once they've adjusted and gotten used to and are 'comfortable ' with their Artificial " Blade Running " Limbs) And if such a person is an athlete they may not want to give up that advantage......... ☮️⚛️🌏💜
Am I the only one thinking that this might make prosthetic companies prices become more affordable to the average person. As if you consider a lifetime need for prosthetics versus the cost of a one of surgery (and all the rehab but u need that with prosthetics anyway). Like for younger people it might work out cheaper over their lifetime to get a leg transplant than 60years of prosthetics. Or do you think this will push prosthetics companies to become even more innovative and crazy in terms of design and functionality to compete with this? I’d love to see a video on how you would build a dream prosthetic leg. Like crazy ideas of attachment (eg how do you feel about ossiointegration?) Would you put feedback sensors on it to feel the leg? Maybe electrode implants at the end of the nerves to send signals back to the brain?
This is certainly an interesting possibility for the future, but making the decision would be a difficult one - perhaps even more difficult that the one you made to have your amputation I think. I had my colon completely removed many years ago. I've often wondered if having a transplant would be an option for me. But as time has gone on, I've become so accustomed to my altered plumbing that I wouldn't even consider it at this point. I'm still curious though.
Now, I saw some comments. Many critiques . However; If the doctors are positive the medical procedure will be a success. Then I would have it done. In any surgery there are risks. I have been under the knife a few times. I had my ears pinched back this was cosmetic. I did not feel a thing. Only until the pain medication wore off. Then I had a perforated ear drum. I had this procedure done twice. So far so good. We must be willing to go forward. Study all the pros and cons. Then : JUST DO IT. Very simple. Look at all the millions of people that get lung, heart and kidney transplants.
Do not recall you ever mentioning it, there was a TV movie 20 years ago about a fictional brain transplant. A rather plain housewife with a brain defect is the recepient of a brain from a fashion model killed by a car. The mental aspects of getting a new body got slighted, but they were the real meat of the story. You might want to find the movie and watch it.
I used to get so creeped out by pictures of hand transplants but now as a donor I know if my body can help someone else Id be fine with them using my legs. Id be sorry about the my shoe size though its pretty small. What are the odds that someone is a donor match AND the same shoe size? I'd be more interested in the cloning possibilities of creating new limbs with our own dna. Like mice who grow ears... definitely going to be a long wait for that to happen.
They did hand transplants a few years ago, not sure this is that much more complex in terms of muscle and nerve connections. One major downside is lifelong immunosuppressants afaik. I also expect there'd be a lot of physio as you adapt to the new leg even if they get the nerve and muscle connections perfect both due to adapting to differences from the new part versus your original one and due to changes that occured in your body as you adapted to life without the leg. Could be one way for disabled and transabled people to get a mutually beneficial outcome, you could even try match the donor and recipient. 😅 In seriousness though we allow living donors of a kidney, part of your liver, a lung and some of your bone marrow so honestly don't know if we should disallow donating limbs, etc.... as these all have downsides too.🤷♂️
My pappaw is 80 and has peripheral artery disease and is facing a possible leg amputation. He's had blood clots in the same leg twice before and was told that if it happened again, there wasn't much the doctors could do, besides amputation. They recently tried a stent and could not even get it placed. So, I'm researching for other options, like if there has been any new innovative surgical options for patients like my grandfather, even if it's in the research phase and not yet FDA approved. My Pappaw is very active and still works, even though he doesn't need to financially - he just likes staying active. Amputation will kill his spirit! I'm more than happy to give him my leg. My question is if it would work since he's 6'1" and I'm 5'6"? Is there any way to lengthen/stretch my leg? I'd rather face the rest of my life with one leg and a prosthetic leg, than my Pappaw have to go through this.
You posted the question if some one donated a leg to you. What obviously is very significant is obviously the following. ( 1.) The donor must be the same exact Hight as you are. ( 2.) They must have the same exact blood type as you. My concern is if you decided to go through with this leg transplant would you still be required to use anti rejection drugs? The problem with anti rejection drugs is they might over load the kidneys and the liver. I do hope medical technology evolves to the point if a patient is missing a limb or other body organ that doctors can grow that particular organ in laboratory . This way when the organ is fully grown to adult size. Then doctors can simply cut off the excess that is not needed. Then attach the rest of the entire leg to the patient. Then there would not be the need for anti rejection drugs. So then obviously the patient must follow up with the doctor. To insure there are no infections. The blood is flowing properly . No signs of darkening spots or any other bad conditions. After seeing the doctor once a month for ten years. Then there is not signs of problems. Then obviously can prove to be a very successful leg transplant procedure . This is my opinion. The real question , that I pose is what is stopping or holding back progress in this so needed medical procedure ? There are patients that need arms and legs. Even lots of American veterans. What is stopping this procedure from moving forward. I saw the movie of the female surfer in Hawaii. Her arm was bit off by a shark. The victim's name was Miss Hamilton. She did not like using a prosthetic. So hopefully this medical technology will move forward. The Bible says: To him that believes ,nothing is impossible to those that believe. I see some form of significant evidence in limbs being able to regrow in the deep science of a salamander . These are the only animals in the world that can regrow their limbs. So what are we missing? What is it in the make up of a salamander that we need? To regrown human limbs. Is it temporarily stimulating the brain pituitary gland ? What is stopping medical doctors from moving forward with this ? Some one must be getting in the way? Yet there are so many patients in need of this. So many patients trapped in a wheel chair. So many American veterans missing arms and legs. What is stopping progress from moving forward?
I think the biggest issue for me wouldn't be so much the risk of rejection... though that would be would back to square one and hugely disappointing/depressing... but the lifelong risks of the immunosuppressant drugs you have to take so you don't reject the foreign tissue. They leave you vulnerable to all kinds of infections, cancers, and many other other serious health issues. In matters of life and death like heart, lung, or other organ transplants... of course it would be an acceptable risk, but just to end up with a painful/numb/dysfunctional "meat" leg, plus all the torture to get even that far... I'd pass. Besides, i've had far too many negative experiences with the "medical mafia" and avoid it as much as possible! I even refused the total knee replacements they kept pushing. My poor bro went for it... and after 10 years and 8, yes eight, failed ones... is now facing amputation. Now if they could figure out how starfish and lizards perfectly regrow lost body parts... I'd surely be tempted to try that! lol
@@Johanna.EG. they would match you to a donor of the same size to avoid this problem. There have been a few successful hand transplants, and they find a donor of similar size and skin color.
Research is underway on internal organs looking at growing replacement organs from scaffolds + patients own stem cells. This would remove rejection risk as the new part is grown from your own tissue. So hypothetically, go for a leg transplant from a donor or wait to see if the research currently looking into hearts and other internal organs moves into external limbs? Transplant limb or wait to see if tailor made replacement limbs become a reality? Tough call....
What are your thoughts on Osseointegrated prostetic limbs? Would you consider osseointegration if you were struggling with the socket? Its something I'm really interested in as an alternative to typical socket prosthetics as it doesn't put pressure on the skin of the residual limb and isn't affected much by the natural changing of the stump.
As you say if it is a more tried and tested and has say a 95% chance of working. I would probably be willing to go there. But it could be creepy having someone else’s limb.
The arm transplants have become somewhat more successful in recent years. Just search youtube for arm transplant and you will find some that are not so great (some people even get them removed) and some that are pretty darn good. They dont function like a regular hand, but are better than no arm/hand. Not sure if the legs would function better than a prosthetic at this point.
You posed the question if I was a amputee and needed hands and legs. The answer would be yes. Provided the donner was my same Hight. Plus: My same blood type. Think about all the patients that get liver transplants. Heart transplants. Or kidney transplants. Or even lung transplants. Who ever as I shared, We can learn so much from the salamander its the only animal in the entire world that regrows its own limbs. By this study we must be able to activate some thing in the human body that stimulates this growth of a limb of arms and legs. If we as humans can regrow our very own legs are arms. Then we would never need to take anti rejection drugs. Anti rejection drugs can over load the liver and the kidneys . I have heard of doctors experimenting in stem cell research . However : I am completely against using stem cells from a lady that gave up a child she wanted aborted . For stem cell research. Only stem cell from a grown human. Some laboratories claim in regards to the study of stem cell research they are attempting to regrow hum body parts. If this is available this would be a much better approach. So hypothetically if a amputee donated certain stem cells to regrow a limb. From her own body. Then the doctors just need to regrow her leg. She might have to wait until the leg reaches adulthood. Yet, the leg would be from her own body. Then the doctors would simply perform this medical procedure then attach this leg to her body. Obviously trim it where it needs to be trimmed. So it will be a perfect fit. Then exercise. See the doctor once a month. To make sure there are no infections. No unjustified bruising or swelling. Or strange or unusual marks. Insure the leg is getting oxygen and good blood flow. Then after following up with the doctor for ten years. With no problems. We can then assume the leg transplant was a complete success. I am very hopeful this procedure will be a normal procedure in the near future. We must study everything about the only animal in the world that can regrow its own limbs. The ( SALAMANDER ). Much to learn. We are missing something. Learning must continue. We are missing something in all this ?
So, would any meat foot work (such as the horse that damaged yours) or does it need to be human (such as a dead person)? I wonder if they can replace the embalming fluid with blood...
All I know is every attempt at leg transplantation or even just re-amplantation of a leg that was completely but cleanly cut off in an accident situation has failed.
“There are going to be risks with transplantation that frighten me. Saying this, I’m not sure if that sounds bad. Like, if I should be more adventurous to try new things and to enter trials.”
No. It does NOT sound bad. You are 100% right that there are risks, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with being satisfied with a working prosthetic, and frightened of the risks associated with transplantation. It’s your body, and what would be bad would be doing something that doesn’t feel right TO YOU just to satisfy some arbitrary concept of “adventurous” as defined by someone else.
My thoughts exactly!
I remember fairly recently reading about a girl who had hands transplanted that were a much darker skin tone, but over time they've changed to almost match her natural skin tone and doctors don't know how or why it has happened. Its such an interesting area of study and there's still so much unknown but it seems promising for future generations!
Was your transplant. Your blood type. And skin. God. Where did you go to.
I just had my left leg amputated I think a week ago now. I'm still in the hospital now. I'm glad I found your channel it helps laying here. I feel pretty sad and depressed sometimes but I'm hanging in there and know eventually I'll learn to walk again.
How are you doing
The guy in the article at 6:00 had the double leg transplant in 2011 in Spain. In 2013 he got some medical condition and he had to be taken off of the anti-rejection medication which cause him to need the double leg transplant amputated again. Brigham and Women’s hospital was looking for people in 2013 for a leg transplant and in that article they said it was only done twice before (one was the guy in the article and idk the other one as I couldn’t find it).
So I guess you can say a leg transplant has been done and been a success. It was just an unseen medical issue not connected to the transplant that caused them to need to be amputated again after 1.5-2 years.
Other one was a conjoined twin at birth. Kind of hard to count. There's been 2 others since from turkey. But from what I've gathered it's very unit 731 sounding
Hello Jo this year definitely feels like a sify movie
RIGHT.
Wait until they can give you a leg transplant that you can detach and reattach, controlling it with your mind even when detached so you can attack your enemies from behind. 🤣
Tho it makes sense if they can do organ transplants that they would be able to do other types of transplants.
@@oliver27070 yup, they already did a face transplant and that has left a lot of people unsettled as they consider the face as a pivotal element of their identity. Reality is though that due to the differences in bone structure a face transplant will not make you look exactly like the donor.
That said not all organs have yet been successfully transplanted and some I'm not sure ever will, e.g. ovaries since the donor would need to be pre-menopause and then there's still the issue that the genetics would differ so what benefit over simply using donor eggs?
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There’s a video floating out there on RUclips of the cutest little kid getting a double hand transplant. The boy had lost his hands and feet I believe due to meningococcal infection a few years prior. The hospital he was treated at had selected him specifically due partly due to his age and skin tone (from memory he was African-American but not super dark toned) he sends a message to the donor’s family saying he would take the best care possible of his new arms/hands it was soooo cute!
Transplanting a limb is very different from other kinds of transplants. I can’t find the medical article it’s pretty old and wasn’t from the us, so I probably reading a translation but in a psych course I took a few years ago we read about a man who got a hand transplant after having lost his in an accident. He couldn’t connect emotionally with the hand even though it was mostly functional and eventually opted to have it amputated again for his mental health. I know the article explained he went on to be happy with a prosthetic. It became a big thing for patients to have to pass a lot of psych evals in order to be considered for limb transplants at that hospital. They are by no means a bad thing but not something everyone would want or be able to live with, being worried and scared and thinking the risks out way the benefits is a perfectly valid and reasonable look at the idea.
I'm not familiar with that case; none of my psych courses ever brought it up. Do you remember any more details so I could look it up?
I first heard about limb transplants a few years ago, and I was like "SWEET! I may be able to be a donor after all!!" Bc like.... I signed up to be an organ (and tissue) donor when I was 19, but since then have developed/been diagnosed with a ton of health problems that would probably make me ineligible for organ donation.
Annnnnd then I got diagnosed with EDS too so I probably can't donate limbs either bc my joints are shit.
Oh well. At least I also signed up for the "donate my body to science" thing. Maybe my shitshow of a body can give medical researchers some insights 😅
(Basically when signing up I selected everything bc like. It's not as tho I'm gonna be using my body after I'm dead. Might as well let the medical people use whatever they can for whatever they can 🤷♂️ (especially if it'll save and/or improve lives, or at least our understanding of medical shit which can go towards saving and/or improving lives))
this girl joining clinical trail for leg transplant is so brave! I remember all your pain etc when you were recovering after your surgeries, and this girl may as well go through it all and still have no meat leg if the procedure doesn't work.
If I was in this predicament, I wouldn’t either. Its just too risky for such little reward compared to face/hand transplants.
i imagine a lot of people in a situation like yours would not want to take the risk of a transplant, even once it passes trials. it might be (probably will) a painful and long process with lots of rehab needed. and that's a best case scenario. if you have another option with less risks, I think a lot of people will choose that.
And btw, not in this life would I want a leg transplant. I am perfectly happy with my amputation, the good and bad because I am out of pain. 💜💜💜
All I want is my leg back.
Whenever you say "below knee amputee" it sounds like "baloney amputee" 😂
That is how it reads in the closed captions, for real.
Talk about a "meat leg". 😂🤣😂🤣
I think that makes her prosthesis her “phony below knee”
I know, right? I came down to the comments to see if anyone had the explanation for a bologna amputation and started cracking up when I realized that she was saying "below knee amputation!"
Now I can’t stop hearing baloney instead of below The knee
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I saw an article a while back about a little boy who received a double hand transplant! It was pretty cool. The risks for him were even more justified as he already had to be on anti-rejection medication (which you'd probably need to be on for life) for an organ transplant he had needed.
My MIL is a transplantation coordinator and about five years ago had to do compassion training for talking to families of donors about their loved one possibly donating limbs and not just organs or tissue. She said it was about navigating the conversation and addressing concerns from parents especially who do not like the idea of their child (regardless of age) being "dismembered" in a way that we have, in many cases, moved away from in more traditional donation situations. Interestingly, mothers tended to have this kind of reaction and fathers seemed to move into the fascinating sci-fi perspective a lot faster. In my province there have been a couple limb transplants since then but very much on the down-low for the time being. It's interesting to hear the reaction of someone who has the possibility of being able to receive this new treatment, whether you would take it or not. Thank you for sharing your perspective.
It's been a while since I'm on your channel and good job on keeping your channel the awesome same way it was.
Aw that makes me so happy to hear! Thank you so much, and thanks for coming back and visiting!!
@@FootlessJo and with respect to the topic I just want people to be positive about every possibility but still accept the fate of themselves.
i struggle with my own toe jam - imagine dealing with a dead strangers whiffy bits!
I understand that but it’s so hard and hurts to live with having one leg it’s hurts very bad
As a below knee amp with 20 years in the game, this is not something I would consider. It's too weird. I get on with my prosthesis just fine. Still, my love and respect for all the amputees who would put their body on the line for medical research. You are the ones moving us all forward.
If it a Sci-Fi movie I wanna speak to the writers about the plot!
I'm the poster child for a new option for pain management and CRPS. Literally the pharmaceutical company trains their technicians and employees using my case, and they get "star struck" if they get to work with me on a reprogramming lol.
Don't transplant recipients have to take anti-rejection medications for the rest 0f their life? That's something to consider.
Yes. Johns Hopkins is currently doing research on using antibodies and bone marrow infusion so that the recipient will only have to take one low dose maintenance drug instead of the current multiple drug anti-rejection drugs that we use now.
Yes. That's why leg transplants don't happen even though they could, like hand and face transplants. Even with their problems, leg prosthetics work too well for transplants to be a reasonable risk; prosthetic hands are far more limited in their practical function. Not only is the transplant surgery risky, but the medications are incredibly risky. They result in a much higher cancer risk and a suppressed immune system, which is a risk worth taking for someone who would die without transplanting a vital organ.
Amy Purdy already has had a kidney transplant. She is probably already taking some kind of anti-rejection medicine.
@@Sadimal why most surgeries are possible just the anti-rejection drugs rest of your life to the regretting it to base on what your plans on have done to
I'm also concerned that transplants don't last. My best friend has cf. If she gets a lung transplant she will have to have it done again in a decade.
I really love your story! I'm not an amputee at all but your journey really is interesting. Love all the vids!!
When you say "below knee amputee" I hear "bologna amputee" 😅
They were talking about leg transplants when my mum became a b/k amputee almost 25 years ago. I remember asking her if she was asked if she would consider a transplant (she never accepted her amputation), she told me no. Granted her situation was different from yours as she was in her 60’s and lost her leg due to diabetes. Times are a changing for sure.
Your video is adorably quirky, and amazingly informative! Keep up the amazing videos !!
As a physically challenged person myself, i do understand the concerns and questions, that is why i find it is always important to do what is best for your situation and lifestyle as a whole.
Jo, I love your sense of humor
You really make me smile
Hope you have a great day ❤❤
Yay you made a video based on my suggestion!! 💜💜💜
I totally did!!!
@@FootlessJo absolutely made my day! And omg it is like super mind blowing like you said that they are doing this!
I’m not an amputee, but I’ve actually had to think about this a lot. I’m a professional musician and my main instrument is piano. I absolutely need both hands and a leg in order to do my work. I’d be fine with a prosthetic leg, but I’d need meat arms to do any kind of piano stuff (plus I’m a violinist as well). If arm transplants ever get to the point where you could rehab to play piano, I would definitely consider arm transplants if I needed them.
Is it concerning that I immediately read the “hope” sign in the background as “nope”
I love that footloose Jo have a running band is in the backround of the video (:
What a wonderful option!It looks like the science is almost there. But now you have to choose between becoming a chimera or a cyborg!
I'll wait for CyberDyne to make me a Terminator leg instead🤣🤣🤣
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Got to love jo! “It’s a meat leg that what is is a meat leg. This how ever would not be delicious!” That made me laugh so hard!!
Footless Jo, there’s also the lifetime of immunosuppressant meds that transplant recipients have to take. If the patients’ bodies reject the limb or organ, it has to be removed. Then, there’s the emotional roller coaster. Thus, I think your decision is perfect.
Not related to the topic but I absolutely love how fast you talk and that you get to the point in your videos so fast! Like, there are so many people who either talk too fast or too slow but you just have the perfect talking pace 👌
I'm used to fast talkers more than slow talkers. Thank you all those years of university.
There’s a little boy in Baltimore who got a double hand transplant a few years ago. Great kid, process, and story. He threw out the first pitch at an Orioles game a while back.
Good luck and wish you all the best
So I have this video on my TV. My MIL walked in at the meat leg, the prosthetic leg wouldn't be delicious comment. She looked at me horrified and said wait she saying a human leg would be delicious?! After I got done laughing I explained that it's kind of a joke around here and went back to the part where you explained why you call them mean legs and she was like ding lightbulb moment "oh I get it now!" And now I'm back on the floor laughing again XD
I read that and couldn't believe it myself
I read the article about the man with the double leg transplant, and apparently he needed to take anti-rejection medication for the rest of his life to keep the legs but he had a life threatening illness and needed to stop taking those medications to save his life. So in theory, it seems like there was a chance it could have worked, but getting sick and needing an immune system is always a possibility. I have no knowledge about how things have developed since then, but that was the context in his case.
medical developments are amazing and becoming so advanced but the problem with any operation or procedure is the chance of complications that may come from it for example when i was little i had an operation to fix my right foot as it was twisted known as a club foot to fix it they removed tendants from one side of the foot to the other to force the foot to move and throughout life when i was a kid it was not too bad but when i was ten the side the had removed the tendant from stopped working and meant it was causing problems for my foot so i got a reverse operation to put the tendant back and release the killys tendant to keep the foot how it was nice and straight put it like this i am now 23 its been 13 years and i dont need any support or splint around my leg, however their is downsides my right ankle and leg is thinner than my left no matter how much i work on it , the strength of my foot isnt as strong as a normal foot would be meaning if i walk long distances i can feel the pain in my foot, i think its amazing what can be done but everything has a cost when you correct something my brother has sociosis to the severity of that of someone with spinabitheda and was operated on when he was 7 the fella is a terminator two titaniaum rods and a metal pervis as he was missing one from birth, the doctors told my mum and brother that it was highly likely he wouldnt be able to work ever again and not even three days after sugery he was able to walk the little shit define mother nature but it was a clean sheet years since he has had to learn to cope and live with his condition and the extreme pain it can cause, and even though he can walk he can only do it short distances and compared to when he got the op he is slowly losing power and function meaning at some point in his life he will be wheelchair bound but he isnt too worried because he feels more like himself when using his chair.
Science keeps getting more and more interesting. this is a great video!
I agree with you that to me the risk's out weigh the everything else if what happened to you happened to me I would do what you did and as far as replacement of a limb I would say no because of the risk's. Love your channel and love how strong you are ❤️😘💋❤️😍💋💋💋
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The one problem I see is that you would be immuno compromised for the rest of your life due to medication.
I completely understand wanting to go with something tried and tested that works. I would probably do the same. I dont even like student nurses taking my blood lol. (I do say sorry but im really nervous and juat want it over and done with) so i couldnt even think about concidering something as experimental as that.
Yes, I would love for you to go for it. Science invention now is truly amazing and exciting! If you reject it, can be removed and back to prosthesis. Make sure you get a second opinion and have a professional doctor. Greetings from Thailand 😷🙏
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Waiting for new procedures/surgeries to develop further, when possible, is never a bad idea. When and if you decide to give this serious consideration I would recommend you go to the hospital where the procedure was developed if you can. Also, if you're not a candidate for the surgery initially, keep checking, things change.
I think it makes sense that hand transplants happened first, because hand amputation reduces your independence way more than a leg or foot amputation. Like if you really don't do well with prosthetic legs, you still have the iwalk / crutches / wheelchair options to get around, even though accessibility to many places still needs improvement. But I feel like not having hands or missing one is more limiting in day to day activities, like getting dressed, cooking, getting cleaned etc...
You mean you can tell that this isn't a meat 🍗🍖leg made me lol Jo. Your comedy stylings are as wicked and witty as ever Ma'am /Madam.😅😂😂
For some reason whenever I see btk amputees raise their limbs like you did in the intro, I get like the feeling of that cat meme where the cat is raising its leg and is like "dis my leg, lewk at it, i dont know if its the shape of the limb or what.
Also you could literally raise your carbon leg high like the cat in the meme since you can detach it haha
Also the whole "if someone donated" watch it be in someone's will "please donate my right legg to footless Jo 🤣🤣🤣
In Judaism or Jewish folklore there are Dybbuk's and Ibburs, the first being the spirit of a deceased person inhabiting a living person and said malevolent spirit, the latter the same but I guess a benevolent spirit, 😉😉😉. As a doctor informed me of people most commonly having heart transplants where they experience personality and appetites of the person that was a domor. Of course, nothing is absolute, yet, it's interesting. With a limb transplant, are the anti rejection meds needed? I'm not up on the meds used, yet I correlated how a beehive is so much like a entity, working similiar to a body. As stick a bee from another hive inside, unless carrying nectar or pollen, it's apt to get attacked. Put a new queen in without the previous queen having been absent, shell get jumped and killed. But, remove the old queen, the pheromones she released will dissipate and the bees of the hive will go into panic mode to recreate a new queen, where the hive is more receptive to a new queen. Some even smash the old queen on a queen cage. Everything working off pheromones that to bees are identifiable. Seemingly mimicking white blood cells of a animal body. The older more aggressive bees, most likely to attack, which are also the worker bees that are out gathering pollen, nectar and resin. Having a strong nectar flow or simulated nectar flow, removes them from the hive, where they place emphasis on having priorities of food gathering. Which gives the new queen a chance to be tended to younger bees that release her from the cage, then she can start laying eggs, which further enhances her likelihood of survival and successful introduction. I say all this, as the cells of the body work very much the same. I'm curious if body parts do not have identifying traits at the cellular level???🤔🤔🤔. Then, if tricking the body into not attacking or the cells that would attack or ignore the new piece distracted and detoured to other positive functions could be initiated, keeping them.preoccupied. While the other cells, having the same functions as bees could be attracted to the piece (limb, organ, gland), active removing damaged cells, while bringing in new material to replace, repair and build new tissue????🤔🤔🤔. Then once new tissue replaces and builds new tissue, the other cells give acceptance and go about their regular routine??? Understanding that over a period of time, older blood cells dying off as do older bees, with new bees, new cells being born into a hive with a queen that to them is the queen???? Even society works similarly. Introduce another people, another culture into one existing, tensions can rise as well as violence if morale is low or needs are challenged. Similiar in the body. I would think similiar to the idea of TAO, which I understand is a philosophy as en explanation of physics, where there's certain dynamics that everything operates for self preservation. Which, examining this possible theory would probably beyond molecular and microbiology, but getting into nanobiology which may not be actually known or identified by science as of yet. If it is, identifying these things of cells having identifying emissions that identify them with other cells similiar to pheromones. Just consider, if surgeons knew and had experience with old time carpentry skills (talking about knowledge of skill and ability with joinery, etc.) mechanics, pneumatics/hydraulics what could be devised for the human body. Where molecular and microbiologists looking only at cells possibly unaware of odors that have not been discovered or other means of identification of cells by a body's cells. Which of course, some thinking they're so intelligent, they're like the naysayers of those for thousands of years doubting electricity, human flight, magnetism, etc. Other words professional neanderthals, 😂😂😂😂😂. Only knowing of what they have been taught to know, even though highly advanced requiring many years of schooling and experience, they locked themselves in a box of thought only dealing with the knowledge that is known and totally negligent of more they may not be aware of???? As with a transplant, a diversion might could be created where another objectionable alien piece of tissue is introduced to attract the cells that attack foreign bodies in the body, significant so cells place emphasis and priority on this other piece. At a pheromone level, something that really stands out as having priority. Or, somehow identifying what cells use to identify citizen cells from alien cells. Or, introducing certain highly desired nutrients into the body, whether amino acids, minerals, vitamins, or especially micronutrients or even something as plant substances mimicking hormones and other secretions the body recognizes as being needed and a priority to catabolic behaviour(?). Which to facilitate, a deficit may be needed. As cells would probably recognize the need for the body to thrive, very similiar to a beehive with simulated nectar and pollen flows. Another method being somehow coating the cells of a new limb, organ, gland, so that the body does not recognize it as a threat, but instead a foreign body that must removal from the body, so is not in attack mode, but more like house cleansing, where comparable to disaster after a hurricane, the cells (humans) of the body work to remove the debris, as they remove this material, they attain gradual introduction to new tissue, thus not creating a panic or frenzy of attacking, but instead gradually introduced to new cells, that shows no hostile affect to the body.
As most anyone, regardless of their specialty or higher knowledge get trapped in a train of thought never exploring the things that may be. It's how most minds work. Totally unaware of unknown other things. 😂😂😂, Any number tending to look at only factors known, never considering factors unknown as of yet, so do not search, but stay with their current method of thinking. As well as getting fixated on the more complex, complex, technical while totally ignoring basics and simplicity. A good example would be a electronic guy being given a hair roller that does not work, where they look at heating element, circuitry and components trying to find the problem. Never considering what it is used for, rolling the hair. Which there's wires constantly twisted, which after repetitive twisting over time the area twisted and untwisted gets brittle, eventually break, creating an open where current can not flow. Even at the highest levels many experts forget to look at simplicity or elementary factors. Reminds me of a fellow who engine was missing so he takes his car to a dealer mechanic who lost ability to think, letting a machine do it. Told the fellow he had a miss on #7 cylinder. Bad thing is, he had a V-6. Only 6 cylinders.
Which, if scientist were to see this so that it might make it to.professional circles, in this area of science, some being uppity may dismiss it, as others scoffed at ideas others had as they believed themselves to know so much and desired to protect their pride or authority, they scoff keeping them stupid, although considered intelligent from the mass of knowledge they have, where someone else, knowing what they knew, took the idea and investigated and even if it was not a picture perfect concept, they did discover relevant material which brought about deeper knowledge and ability. Ever wonder why Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison never invented a computer?
Dr. Noone, PhD. , School of H.K. & M.T.
I wouldn't unless it was my own tissue. Graft vs. Host is GNARLY. I'd rather have a tried and true cool prosthetic, or even not having a prosthetic, because... if you look into implant rejection, holy crap, you should really be considering transplant when there is literally no other choice.
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It makes sense, I work at a human crematory and medical donation places where people donate their body to science, but most medical schools only want a torso, so the arms, legs, and head are removed and sent off to be cremated, so the family has some ashes, and their torso goes on to be in research and education. If you think you donate your body to science that stays whole, sadly, that is not the case. We get a van load of arms, heads and legs in moving boxes to cremate on a regular basis. It's nice to hear those limbs can help others, after all, why donate your body to help others when parts are just dismissed as unnecessary to be boxed up and set on fire when they could be sold at a great profit margin.
That's off topic, but your hair looks gorgeous in this video!
You say 'below knee' so fast it sounds like belonie . Love your vids you are an insperation!
You should check Michael Levin work on limb regeneration.. a shame that very few people talk about it
(I'm terribly sorry.)
"... And I am a salami amputee" 😂😂😂
(I'm not actually an amputee. 🙈)
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It’s been done with both arms.
There's people who've gotten Transplants and regretted that decision. Because of Psychological reasons. It was because the Transplant looked so different and foreign to what their original Limb looked like, they just couldn't accept the idea of wanting to continue with the Transplant......
Also many people don't realise that apart from the Psychological adjustment of getting used to the Transplanted Limb, there's also a Physical adjustment as well. There's just as much therapy and exercise that a patient has to do to "break in" the new Limb. And in some instances there may be more therapy and exercise needed. And that's "on top of" all the other things discussed in this post.....
And if a person has gotten used to their Artificial Limb. And it's not really causing any or much pain and real hassle, that person may not want to undergo more surgery. They've gotten to a "happy new normal" ...........
There's one thing "Blade Runners" can do better than people who have all their limbs. And that is they can potentially run faster. And with less effort (once they've adjusted and gotten used to and are 'comfortable ' with their Artificial " Blade Running " Limbs) And if such a person is an athlete they may not want to give up that advantage......... ☮️⚛️🌏💜
Am I the only one thinking that this might make prosthetic companies prices become more affordable to the average person. As if you consider a lifetime need for prosthetics versus the cost of a one of surgery (and all the rehab but u need that with prosthetics anyway). Like for younger people it might work out cheaper over their lifetime to get a leg transplant than 60years of prosthetics. Or do you think this will push prosthetics companies to become even more innovative and crazy in terms of design and functionality to compete with this? I’d love to see a video on how you would build a dream prosthetic leg. Like crazy ideas of attachment (eg how do you feel about ossiointegration?) Would you put feedback sensors on it to feel the leg? Maybe electrode implants at the end of the nerves to send signals back to the brain?
This is certainly an interesting possibility for the future, but making the decision would be a difficult one - perhaps even more difficult that the one you made to have your amputation I think. I had my colon completely removed many years ago. I've often wondered if having a transplant would be an option for me. But as time has gone on, I've become so accustomed to my altered plumbing that I wouldn't even consider it at this point. I'm still curious though.
*you go to the hospital and go sign in*
Person at desk: hello what are you here for
You: leg transplant
Everybody there: ...............🙎♂️🙎♀️
They just don’t understand how it feels to have 1 leg and I’ve had it for 17 years it’s hard to live like this as for me
Now, I saw some comments. Many critiques . However; If the doctors are positive the medical procedure will be a success. Then I would have it done. In any surgery there are risks. I have been under the knife a few times. I had my ears pinched back this was cosmetic. I did not feel a thing. Only until the pain medication wore off. Then I had a perforated ear drum. I had this procedure done twice. So far so good. We must be willing to go forward. Study all the pros and cons. Then : JUST DO IT. Very simple. Look at all the millions of people that get lung, heart and kidney transplants.
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Welcome to the sci-fi movie "2020" where the writer couldn't make up their mind and the producer went all out on the effects.
I saw a video where a young girl got her leg amputated and they used her ankle on that leg and transplanted it to be her new knee joint
Do not recall you ever mentioning it, there was a TV movie 20 years ago about a fictional brain transplant. A rather plain housewife with a brain defect is the recepient of a brain from a fashion model killed by a car. The mental aspects of getting a new body got slighted, but they were the real meat of the story. You might want to find the movie and watch it.
I used to get so creeped out by pictures of hand transplants but now as a donor I know if my body can help someone else Id be fine with them using my legs. Id be sorry about the my shoe size though its pretty small. What are the odds that someone is a donor match AND the same shoe size? I'd be more interested in the cloning possibilities of creating new limbs with our own dna. Like mice who grow ears... definitely going to be a long wait for that to happen.
They did hand transplants a few years ago, not sure this is that much more complex in terms of muscle and nerve connections. One major downside is lifelong immunosuppressants afaik. I also expect there'd be a lot of physio as you adapt to the new leg even if they get the nerve and muscle connections perfect both due to adapting to differences from the new part versus your original one and due to changes that occured in your body as you adapted to life without the leg.
Could be one way for disabled and transabled people to get a mutually beneficial outcome, you could even try match the donor and recipient. 😅
In seriousness though we allow living donors of a kidney, part of your liver, a lung and some of your bone marrow so honestly don't know if we should disallow donating limbs, etc.... as these all have downsides too.🤷♂️
My pappaw is 80 and has peripheral artery disease and is facing a possible leg amputation. He's had blood clots in the same leg twice before and was told that if it happened again, there wasn't much the doctors could do, besides amputation. They recently tried a stent and could not even get it placed. So, I'm researching for other options, like if there has been any new innovative surgical options for patients like my grandfather, even if it's in the research phase and not yet FDA approved. My Pappaw is very active and still works, even though he doesn't need to financially - he just likes staying active. Amputation will kill his spirit! I'm more than happy to give him my leg. My question is if it would work since he's 6'1" and I'm 5'6"? Is there any way to lengthen/stretch my leg? I'd rather face the rest of my life with one leg and a prosthetic leg, than my Pappaw have to go through this.
You posted the question if some one donated a leg to you. What obviously is very significant is obviously the following. ( 1.) The donor must be the same exact Hight as you are. ( 2.) They must have the same exact blood type as you. My concern is if you decided to go through with this leg transplant would you still be required to use anti rejection drugs? The problem with anti rejection drugs is they might over load the kidneys and the liver. I do hope medical technology evolves to the point if a patient is missing a limb or other body organ that doctors can grow that particular organ in laboratory . This way when the organ is fully grown to adult size. Then doctors can simply cut off the excess that is not needed. Then attach the rest of the entire leg to the patient. Then there would not be the need for anti rejection drugs. So then obviously the patient must follow up with the doctor. To insure there are no infections. The blood is flowing properly . No signs of darkening spots or any other bad conditions. After seeing the doctor once a month for ten years. Then there is not signs of problems. Then obviously can prove to be a very successful leg transplant procedure . This is my opinion. The real question , that I pose is what is stopping or holding back progress in this so needed medical procedure ? There are patients that need arms and legs. Even lots of American veterans. What is stopping this procedure from moving forward. I saw the movie of the female surfer in Hawaii. Her arm was bit off by a shark. The victim's name was Miss Hamilton. She did not like using a prosthetic. So hopefully this medical technology will move forward. The Bible says: To him that believes ,nothing is impossible to those that believe. I see some form of significant evidence in limbs being able to regrow in the deep science of a salamander . These are the only animals in the world that can regrow their limbs. So what are we missing? What is it in the make up of a salamander that we need? To regrown human limbs. Is it temporarily stimulating the brain pituitary gland ? What is stopping medical doctors from moving forward with this ? Some one must be getting in the way? Yet there are so many patients in need of this. So many patients trapped in a wheel chair. So many American veterans missing arms and legs. What is stopping progress from moving forward?
I think the biggest issue for me wouldn't be so much the risk of rejection... though that would be would back to square one and hugely disappointing/depressing... but the lifelong risks of the immunosuppressant drugs you have to take so you don't reject the foreign tissue. They leave you vulnerable to all kinds of infections, cancers, and many other other serious health issues. In matters of life and death like heart, lung, or other organ transplants... of course it would be an acceptable risk, but just to end up with a painful/numb/dysfunctional "meat" leg, plus all the torture to get even that far... I'd pass. Besides, i've had far too many negative experiences with the "medical mafia" and avoid it as much as possible! I even refused the total knee replacements they kept pushing. My poor bro went for it... and after 10 years and 8, yes eight, failed ones... is now facing amputation. Now if they could figure out how starfish and lizards perfectly regrow lost body parts... I'd surely be tempted to try that! lol
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I don’t think I’d consider a leg transplant; your feet wouldn’t match! 😂
More problematic, you'd probably have leg length discrepancy.
@@Johanna.EG. they would match you to a donor of the same size to avoid this problem. There have been a few successful hand transplants, and they find a donor of similar size and skin color.
Below knee amputation=Bologna amputation
But above the knee well that I've been threaded through the knee I would love to try
I want merch with meat leg on it
Keep your non-meat leg, soon we'll all be cyborgs anyway
Research is underway on internal organs looking at growing replacement organs from scaffolds + patients own stem cells. This would remove rejection risk as the new part is grown from your own tissue.
So hypothetically, go for a leg transplant from a donor or wait to see if the research currently looking into hearts and other internal organs moves into external limbs? Transplant limb or wait to see if tailor made replacement limbs become a reality? Tough call....
Hey u r more beautiful than people with both two legs 🥰🥰🥰
What are your thoughts on Osseointegrated prostetic limbs? Would you consider osseointegration if you were struggling with the socket? Its something I'm really interested in as an alternative to typical socket prosthetics as it doesn't put pressure on the skin of the residual limb and isn't affected much by the natural changing of the stump.
As you say if it is a more tried and tested and has say a 95% chance of working. I would probably be willing to go there. But it could be creepy having someone else’s limb.
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you should get cheetah legs. both olympic sprinters and tacky women in leopard print pants would be jealous.
The arm transplants have become somewhat more successful in recent years. Just search youtube for arm transplant and you will find some that are not so great (some people even get them removed) and some that are pretty darn good. They dont function like a regular hand, but are better than no arm/hand. Not sure if the legs would function better than a prosthetic at this point.
Good for you! Too many "what if" at this point with limb transplants! ❤️
When she says below knee, am I the only one who constantly hears it as bologna?!
So it's possible
You posed the question if I was a amputee and needed hands and legs. The answer would be yes. Provided the donner was my same Hight. Plus: My same blood type. Think about all the patients that get liver transplants. Heart transplants. Or kidney transplants. Or even lung transplants. Who ever as I shared, We can learn so much from the salamander its the only animal in the entire world that regrows its own limbs. By this study we must be able to activate some thing in the human body that stimulates this growth of a limb of arms and legs. If we as humans can regrow our very own legs are arms. Then we would never need to take anti rejection drugs. Anti rejection drugs can over load the liver and the kidneys . I have heard of doctors experimenting in stem cell research . However : I am completely against using stem cells from a lady that gave up a child she wanted aborted . For stem cell research. Only stem cell from a grown human. Some laboratories claim in regards to the study of stem cell research they are attempting to regrow hum body parts. If this is available this would be a much better approach. So hypothetically if a amputee donated certain stem cells to regrow a limb. From her own body. Then the doctors just need to regrow her leg. She might have to wait until the leg reaches adulthood. Yet, the leg would be from her own body. Then the doctors would simply perform this medical procedure then attach this leg to her body. Obviously trim it where it needs to be trimmed. So it will be a perfect fit. Then exercise. See the doctor once a month. To make sure there are no infections. No unjustified bruising or swelling. Or strange or unusual marks. Insure the leg is getting oxygen and good blood flow. Then after following up with the doctor for ten years. With no problems. We can then assume the leg transplant was a complete success. I am very hopeful this procedure will be a normal procedure in the near future. We must study everything about the only animal in the world that can regrow its own limbs. The ( SALAMANDER ). Much to learn. We are missing something. Learning must continue. We are missing something in all this ?
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Aw thank you so much!!
Your welcome jo
That would be a dream come true for me
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So, would any meat foot work (such as the horse that damaged yours) or does it need to be human (such as a dead person)? I wonder if they can replace the embalming fluid with blood...
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I think the biggest risks would be rejection, and septic shock.
All I know is every attempt at leg transplantation or even just re-amplantation of a leg that was completely but cleanly cut off in an accident situation has failed.
The problem I have with any transplant is the rejection factor..
Ummm... what u say... 😳