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Hi all. I know I don't post much anymore, but wanted to make an appeal here. If anyone can donate please do. If not please pass this on.
Igor needs to raise about $16,000 to get a proper shoe fitting. He is the tallest man in America at 7'8 and he hasn't had a proper shoe fitting in years as he does not have a real shoe size.
donation page:
http://www.gofundme.com/IgorNeedsShoes
facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/Igorshoedonations
Thanks
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This is ridiculous. He could have a cobbler make him shoes for a goddang far sight less than $16k.
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16k?
seriously?
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Gangster_Of_Love
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Sorry, this is from the donation page:
In the last 5 years I have had 16 surgeries on my feet. They are each deformed terribly now. I have spent a total of 3 years on bed rest. Why did I have 16 surgeries? Because none of my shoes for too long have been made specifically for my feet. They rub they make wounds, I have surgery, foot gets more deformed, they rub more, I have more surgery and so on. And the circle goes on. I am now recovering from my last set of 3 surgeries, and I still have no shoes. I have 1 pair of clogs; they have no shape that holds my foot,
they have no grip on the bottom, so going out in the winter is suicide, it hurts horribly to walk in them, and they hurt my feet, legs, hips, and back.
A few orthopedic shoe makers and orthopedic doctors have said the only way to stop the circle is to have Laser scans done of each foot. No outlining of the foot on paper, no making molds from stepping into styrofoam filled boxes, no measurements with a measuring tape. Each foot has to be scanned with a laser, so that every surface is seen. Where to give me four point arch support, where the deformities & scars are, where everything is. Then they can mold a cast from the 3D computer model.
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I know there may be questions about where this amount came from. Mostly it’s what a Reebok employee told me in a conversation through e-mail. Also, I have been told a similar sum by a private shoe maker in LA. And a few other shoe companies over the years.
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He should get a good pair of gloves and walk on his hands.
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scam
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He should have asked for shoe money earlier, it would have saved us a lot of money in the long run.
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I declare fraud. Picture of Igor wearing shoes.
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If Oprah, Dr. Phil, CNN, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Ac360, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Reebok, Adidas, Nike, Converse, Red Wing Shoes, Basketball Players, WWE Wrestlers, Basketball Coaches, Jimmy Fallon, Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, The Daily Show, Science Channel, National Geographic, Bill Maher, President Obama and Michele Obama wont help him, and there's alot of hardcore socialists there, then why should i?
You have 2 paragraphs to convince me.
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They can fit stumps of things for prosthetics with alginine, but not his feet?
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I call shenanegans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/sports/ncaabasketball/09asheville.html
This kid has size 26 shoes that they modified from Shaq's 22's.
I find it hard to believe that it cost almost 20 grand to do that.
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should strap some doors to his feet
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myxomatosis8 posted:
They can fit stumps of things for prosthetics with alginine, but not his feet?
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Sounds like a total scam. I bet it cost a few hundred tops for some shoes. Perhaps he should stop shopping in the emerald slipper isles
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aon_mixed posted:
should strap some doors to his feet
best comment of the day 
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Chogram posted:
I call shenanegans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/sports/ncaabasketball/09asheville.html
This kid has size 26 shoes that they modified from Shaq's 22's.
I find it hard to believe that it cost almost 20 grand to do that.
Maybe not, but if this isn't a scam/hoax (I haven't looked at either page, so I won't say either way), I would imagine that repeated surgeries and whatnot to his feet, making them deformed, would at this point preclude just buying a pair of size 26 sneakers and slapping them on.
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lol...
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