when i was younger i thought why did this happen to me? why im i the only one out of six kids to get it? as i got older i got made fun of called names i would get made fun of the way i walked. sometime... most of the time i would just wear clothes that would cover all my tumors. i would make up stories on why my ankle was so big. in 1995 i had the tumors on my foot removed it was the best day of my life. i could now wear the same sized shoes. Wear thing that showed my legs but shortly after that in about 1996 maybe 1997 the tumors came back and they came back hard. they slowly started to grow up my leg. so in 2006 i had to make the painful decision to have my left leg below the knee amputated. you may think that im crazy but it was the best decision that i have ever made. its was a painful recovery i thought about ending my life but i was better and stronger then that. i pushed thru the Physical therapy the pain of learning how to walk again learning how to do everything over for that matter but now almost 4 years later now i walk with no limp, i can be in a line at the store and you would never know that im missing my leg. even if i have shorts on..
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Living with nf1
- By alicia2408
- Posted October 26, 2009 at 11:38 pm · 2 replies
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- Edited November 13, 2009 at 8:54 pm
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