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I wonder if these folks are then eligible for disability. This never seems to be addressed in any of the breathless articles around this phenomenon.

• bastawhiz 4y ago
  It's extremely hard to imagine a meager disability benefit (if any) outweighs the surgery and recover and then living without the limb indefinitely. If you were really in it for the money, would you then hang out on a forum talking about the surgery and not the money? Why would you have a whole arm or leg removed when you could simply have a hand or some fingers removed? Even if they were eligible for the disability, the implication that this isn't a real disorder ignores almost every aspect of its reality.
  • ncmncm 4y ago
    Thinking of the healed leper in "Life of Brian".
  • at_a_remove 4y ago
    Nowhere did I imply that this isn't a real disorder. Go on, look for it. Additionally, maybe this is a disorder where the current solution is really crappy. I just want to know if they go on disability after. It's a question. Trying to distract from it is ... odd.