Amputee, Breast Cancer Survivor and Author Meg Wolff Provides Testimonial to the Ertl Procedure

Amputee, Breast Cancer Survivor and Author Meg Wolff Provides Testimonial to the Ertl Procedure

Tony Barr

3/21/2006

Breast cancer survivor ,amputee and renown author of Becoming Whole, Meg
Wolff of Cape Elizabeth, Maine , became yet another amputee whom underwent
the Ertl Osteomyoplastic Procedure and her testimonial is listed under the
Ertl Amputee link at ErtlReconstruction.com.

Meg's story is a testimonial of courage and details how she fought back to
take her life back .

Her story is a testimonial of courage and inspiration to all amputee and
their prosthetists.

Like many amputees I began the search for the Holy Grail; a prosthesis that
fit properly and didn't cause additional pain. My quest for that perfect
prosthesis opened my eyes to the issues amputees must deal with - surgeons
who don't understand prosthetics, prosthetists with skills that have not
kept up with technology, and a blame-the-victim attitude.

 

But by 2005 the pain from a neuroma made wearing my prosthesis impossible. I
was at my wit's end. Then I came across a video tape on a surgical
reconstruction technique that claimed to restore strength and relive the
pain in amputated limbs. The Ertl reconstruction technique was developed by
Janos Ertl in 1920, an orthopedic surgeon, and carried on by his grandsons.
Was it possible it could help me?

 

I learned that the documentary was produced by the Barr Foundation, which is
an advocacy group for amputees. Its president, Anthony Barr, is also an
amputee who was driven to spread the word about the procedure when his
father - also an amputee - underwent the procedure and achieved pain-free
mobility after eight years of excruciating pain.

 

Like anyone who has gone through the trauma of having a limb amputated, the
last thing I wanted to consider was another operation. Still, I felt it was
my only chance. On April 2, 2005, Dr. Jan Ertl performed the surgery on my
leg. During the surgery, Dr. Ertl removed the neuroma and reconstructed the
bone and muscle padding at the base of my leg.

 

After 15 long years, my leg had been reconstructed. It returned to the girth
and fullness that it had when it was originally amputated. And the pain was
gone! I am forever grateful for the work of Anthony Barr and the Barr
Foundation and Dr. Ertl. Because of their dedication, I found hope and my
life again.

 

Meg Wolff

Erik Schaffer CP and Dave McGill Executive Director of Step A Head
Prosthetics and Orthotics in New York
<outbind://7/www.astepaheadonline.com> www.astepaheadonline.com were also
added to the growing list of Ertl prosthetists from around the country whom
have fitted Ertl limbs.

Read her and dozens of other Ertl amputees stories,whom were given new
leases on life when they became recipients of the Ertl Procedure.

Anthony T. Barr

Barr Foundation

www.oandp.com/barr

www.ertlreconstruction.com

 

 


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