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  • About Me

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    HBert

    Male, 35, Married
    USA
    Member since August 7

    • About Me

      I had a translumbar amputation april 2009 due to advanced prostate cancer.

      I had a translumbar amputation april 2009 due to advanced prostate cancer.

  • Journal

    • went outside in bucket

      Mood November 21, 2009 8:14am

      I went outside in my bucket prosthesis in a wheelchair (pushed, not on my own) They made kind of a wooden baseplate that can be fixed to …

    • bucket update

      Mood November 17, 2009 4:47pm

      two hours in bucket
    • This entry is private

    • This entry is private

    • going on

      Mood August 31, 2009 4:56pm

      i am feeling better now. I am concentrating on my excercises. It will take a lot of time but I want to feel better.

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    • Well Done

      From robertlj Saturday

      Bert, I am glad that you are having such great success. Keep it up. Rob

    • Miss You

      From halfchris October 25

    • Thumbs Up

      From aloneandscared September 27

      Keep up the good work! Nice to see you are making progress!

    • I’m With You

      From aloneandscared September 18

      Thanks. I really do get my strength and courage from those who share their stories of their own survival. And thank you for that! Keep up the fight!

    • Chocolate

      From DianePS September 16

      Here's some virtual chocolate. Something yummy that will not affect your weight adversely. Keep up the good work and your spirit! You are an inspiration to others.

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  • Support Groups

    • Close Amputees

      I was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer affecting pelvic contents, pelvis bones and sacrum and had translumbar amputation (waist-level amputation) in april 2009.

      Treatments

      Physical Therapy Working / Worked
      upper body and arm strenght exercise
      Prosthetic Device Too Soon to Tell
      i am going to be fitted out with a bucket prosthesis - no experience yet
    • Close Prostate Cancer

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