What is Amputees
Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy ...
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I AM ONLY A FRIEND OF A MAN WHO IS AN AMPUTEE. I AM A NEW FRIEND . HE HAS BEEN WITH OUT ONE LEG FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS . HIS LEG WAS REMEOVED JUST BELOW HIS HIP BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDEN WITH A TREE STUMP GRINGER . HIS IS 50 YEARS OLD. I AM IN THE POCESS OF HELPING HIM GET A NEW PROSTHETIC DEVICE
hE IS VERY POOR . HAS NO FAMILY TO HELP HIM HE HAS NOT WORN THE OLD ONE FOR SOME TIME BECAUE IT IS BROKEN AND DOES NOT FIT WELL AND IT IS VERY HEAVY. I GUESS IT IS AN OLDER TYPE DEVICE. I FOUND LIMBS FOR LIFE . AND WILL BE GOING THROUGH THEM TO TRY GET THIS MAN A NEW DEVICE. ALSO HIS STUMP GIVE HIM A LOT OF PAIN. HE HAS NOT WORN HIS Prosthetic Device FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE IS IS BROKEN AND HIS STUMP GIVES HIM A LOT OF PAIN. I WELCOME ALL ADVICE AND HELP AND I AM INTERESTED IN YOUR EXPERIENCE . i DO HAVE A HANDICAPPED SON WHO HAS NON FUNCTIONING LEGS AND CAN NOT WALK. . BUT I HAVE NEVER REALLY BEEN AROUND OR KNOW ANYONE WHO WAS AN AMPUTEE. SO I AM HERE TO LEARN FROM Y OU. HAVE ANY OF YOU HAD EXPERIENCE GETTING PROSTHESIS THROUGH " LIMBS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION :? http://limbsforlife.org/index.php?... Posted on 09/27/09, 01:09 am |
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