A 20-year-old man plagued with leg pain due to a rare condition paid the equivalent of more than $80,000 to have it amputated after he was inspired by a dog on ''The Supervet" TV show. <br /><br />James Bertrand from Buckinghamshire has lived with constant pain due to blood clots caused by James and his twin Tom being born 28 weeks prematurely, suffering from the condition 'twin-to-twin transfusion'. <br /><br />He was given a ray of hope by an episode of "The Supervet" in which a dog had a prosthetic limb fused directly into the bone of its amputated leg. <br /><br />The operation Bertrand wanted was "osseointegration," which has been carried out in Australia since 2006.<br /><br />Tormented by pain and having exhausted all surgery options in the UK, he reached out to Australian doctors for the procedure and is recovering well, even being seen running a foot race with his brother.<br /><br />The procedure cost AUS$112,421 (£64,000).
