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Some sort of disease might have infected it, such as cancer, and you amputate it to stop it from spreading. Terry Fox had cancer in his leg and he had it amputated to stop it from spreading. Or maybe you got in some sort of accident and sometimes amputation is better than dragging a destroyed leg.

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