I Am An Amputee

I have been called many names in my life, but I recently came across one that I found to be quite exceptional; not because it was extremely cruel (which it was), but because I found it to be quite humurous.   The term was...

ok so today i found out that my boyfriend was cheating on me with another girl! I confronted him and he simply told me that he thought that this girl was better and prittier then me! i was so hurt. I mean i think anyone would be? I just...

One year ago I had the operation that would change my life for the better. One year ago I became an amputee. I elected tobecome an amputee, but it was not an easy decision to come too... in fact it took almost a year for me to make the...

Twenty something years. I got everything, house, cars, women and two sons. My sons are aged for travelling sports. Has anyone figured out how to use there amputation to get better hours or careers or government programs that help...

My journey actually starts on the most happy I have ever been, I was pregnant with my first son. I have diabetes and pregnancy was not always known if I would be able to handle it. Early into the pregnancy I began to have pain in my...

my story is a bit out of the norm. for 11 years i have been suffering from excruciatingly painful ulcers on my left leg. it started when on nov. 5th 2000, i woke up with a dvt. there was no injury so blood tests were done and it was...

hi im Dayton i am 14, and i have been a quad amputee since i was 11 months old. when i was a baby i got a bacterial infection. i still do things my brothers and friends do. i been wresting for over 5 years now. i hunt with my dad...

It all started as a normal day. November 28, 2008.

Was at my friends farm helping to harvest or pick field corn -- he uses to raise steers for butcher.

I was in the field using a one-row corn picker.

In addition, it...

I have been asked to write an article to be used for younger women who find themselves in the same boat as myself. It is to be translated into a number of languages. I would appreciate any input if folks have something to add or make...

As u can see from my profile picture I look a little different. This is because I was born with Hand Heart Syndrome. This means that when I was in the womb my limbs and heart didn't develop properly. There are many variations on this...

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway it just wasn’t...

I lost my outer two toes on the right foot to osteomylitis. I did not walk for almost a year and had IV antibiotics for three months. It was staph, my second infection. The first was cleared by vancomyicin. The second infections, the...

Here lately I find myself getting angrier and angrier about all things revolving around my BKA back in January. I know that anger is one of the stages of the "grieving process", but what I'd like to know is how others have dealt with...

....You haven't seen me for a while,but,I have a reasonable excuse!
In the past few months,I have been suffering excrutiating pain in my legs,leading up to
the end of last month when I decided Enough was enough!
....A family member...

About two years ago (one year and eleven months to be exact), I had my right leg amputated above the knee after being shot three times in the knee area. It's been a while now and I'm really starting to get used to it, though it still...

Hey ya'll! My name's Scout! I'm 14 years old and I only have one arm. When I was three years old I was in a car accident with my dad. We were driving to my older brother's Jr. High school graduation. My mom and Aunt were already there...

Hello, I am seventeen years old and I have been an above the knee amputee since I was two. I recently got the newest version of the c- leg by ottobock and I'm having some trouble with it. I'm so used to having to kick out a traditional...

i was born with condition called brittle bone disease which means my bones are incredibly fragile and can be broken unbelievably easily. by the time i was 13 i had broken almost 100 bones and amputation was becoming a bigger option...

When I was 12, I was involved in a car accident, the accident gave me serious injuries and i had to be in a full body cast, and when i mean full body cast, i meant that only my face was not encased! Big cast...

However, complications...

Voluntary amputation after auto accident. Suffered 7yrs before hearing a Doctor say that amputation would solve the pain problem. I had the amputation, yes, no more pain. But two weeks after amputation I fell. My Doctor divorced me...