 Okay so if my ankle was the problem why did they cut off so much of my leg? Fascinating question, fascinating answer. So I have about six inches of human meat leg left below my knee and this is actually pretty ideal for the fitting of prosthetic legs. On this side my ankle was toast so in theory they could have just cut my leg leg right here and I would have hit so much of my body left. But the problem is that makes it incredibly difficult to fit prosthetics that allow for a lot of motion. For instance this ball right here allows for a lot of side to side motion on rocky ground there would be no room for that. Carbon fiber piece right here that allows for really good rocking motion as I'm walking there wouldn't be any room for that either. However that does not mean it is impossible it just makes it more difficult for certain kinds of prosthetics. There are prosthetics for toe amputations, partial foot amputations, through ankle or through knee amputations. There's all different kinds of things you can try but for maximum mobility which is what I was looking for best outcome they needed to take a lot of my leg to allow space for proper prosthetic attachment.