Amputees Support Group
Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery. Many have undergone amputation or have been living with a missing limb since birth. In either case, life as an amputee can be challenging. This is the place to find others going through the same experiences as an amputee. Share your thoughts, troubles, and solutions with the community.
Fellow members of Daily strength,
I have been following this discussion since it started and I have seen what this other gentleman has posted and I want to just make a couple of suggestions and comments and I will bow out of this forum if that is what everyone wishes.
1. When someone joins a group such as this it is important to be able to have a legitimate reason to join. a) as either an amputee or having a similar disability b) as someone that has a family member or close friend with the disability or c) someone who is a care giver and cares for a disabled person and needs support. Lets face it, our family, friends, and coworkers who care about us need our help sometimes too and can gain the strength they need to help them deal with our issues. It is not always easy for them, remember, they may not be disabled but do you think it is easy to see some one suffer daily as many of us do and have. I personally have had 14 operations since 97' and live in chronic pain everyday of my life. We can not give in to our circumstances but must fight for every hour of every day to show we can overcome our circumstances and not let them overcome us.
2. I will state from the beginning, I am not proud of anything that I have done because I believe that I was not only inspired but given the wisdom from my Lord to be able to create a few things that are truly helping folks in many, many ways, that I had not even envisioned.
3. I have from the beginning never tried once to deceive anyone in any way, shape, or form on this site, that is why it was all in my profile from the beginning. I stated since I joined that my only desire was to help folks avoid the same problems I had experienced by creating products to fight the infections and problems we each face with our amputations. All natural products are expensive to manufacture and produce and for that reason when someone does buy something they receive a large discount and I underwrite the shipping because the products are heavy and I pay the additional cost so those who purchase don't have to. So if you think it is about the money you are dead wrong. My business partner and I are $9,000 in the hole so that we can do the right thing and not take advantage of folks. In the long run we do hope to be able to support our families, but that is most likely several years away and as long as we have the funds to continue at a measured loss we are willing in order that folks don't lose more of their limbs to infection.
4. We found our products are helping with eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, and many other ailments. Go to those communities and read their stories and it will break your heart as it has mine to read about their suffering and pain.
5. I wish some of you who have received free samples of my products or who have purchased some would come out publicly telling fellow members how you have been helped and found hope with your situations, all because a man in New Hampshire wasn't going to sit back and let his disability defeat him. I have said before, there is so much talent among us that we could solve many of our own problems if we just put our minds to the test.
Finally, I want to say that it has been a privilege to have been part of this site and to have had the opportunity to get to know many of you. I am sorry if some of you have been offended by my mentioning my company and products, but I honestly wanted to be a blessing to you and not a hinderance. At your request I will drop from the forum and remove my recommendations from the site. I will leave it all in your hands. I want the best for you all, I really do. I also thought that if some of you could be inspired by what I have done, then you to could find the hope that I did to overcome your disability as I did. Hey, I still fight every step of the way, but I refuse to lie down and let it beat me.
Dave Harper "
I have been following this discussion since it started and I have seen what this other gentleman has posted and I want to just make a couple of suggestions and comments and I will bow out of this forum if that is what everyone wishes.
1. When someone joins a group such as this it is important to be able to have a legitimate reason to join. a) as either an amputee or having a similar disability b) as someone that has a family member or close friend with the disability or c) someone who is a care giver and cares for a disabled person and needs support. Lets face it, our family, friends, and coworkers who care about us need our help sometimes too and can gain the strength they need to help them deal with our issues. It is not always easy for them, remember, they may not be disabled but do you think it is easy to see some one suffer daily as many of us do and have. I personally have had 14 operations since 97' and live in chronic pain everyday of my life. We can not give in to our circumstances but must fight for every hour of every day to show we can overcome our circumstances and not let them overcome us.
2. I will state from the beginning, I am not proud of anything that I have done because I believe that I was not only inspired but given the wisdom from my Lord to be able to create a few things that are truly helping folks in many, many ways, that I had not even envisioned.
3. I have from the beginning never tried once to deceive anyone in any way, shape, or form on this site, that is why it was all in my profile from the beginning. I stated since I joined that my only desire was to help folks avoid the same problems I had experienced by creating products to fight the infections and problems we each face with our amputations. All natural products are expensive to manufacture and produce and for that reason when someone does buy something they receive a large discount and I underwrite the shipping because the products are heavy and I pay the additional cost so those who purchase don't have to. So if you think it is about the money you are dead wrong. My business partner and I are $9,000 in the hole so that we can do the right thing and not take advantage of folks. In the long run we do hope to be able to support our families, but that is most likely several years away and as long as we have the funds to continue at a measured loss we are willing in order that folks don't lose more of their limbs to infection.
4. We found our products are helping with eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, and many other ailments. Go to those communities and read their stories and it will break your heart as it has mine to read about their suffering and pain.
5. I wish some of you who have received free samples of my products or who have purchased some would come out publicly telling fellow members how you have been helped and found hope with your situations, all because a man in New Hampshire wasn't going to sit back and let his disability defeat him. I have said before, there is so much talent among us that we could solve many of our own problems if we just put our minds to the test.
Finally, I want to say that it has been a privilege to have been part of this site and to have had the opportunity to get to know many of you. I am sorry if some of you have been offended by my mentioning my company and products, but I honestly wanted to be a blessing to you and not a hinderance. At your request I will drop from the forum and remove my recommendations from the site. I will leave it all in your hands. I want the best for you all, I really do. I also thought that if some of you could be inspired by what I have done, then you to could find the hope that I did to overcome your disability as I did. Hey, I still fight every step of the way, but I refuse to lie down and let it beat me.
Dave Harper "
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