Post-amputation

New Amputees Need These Coping Strategies for Limb Loss New Amputees Need These Coping Strategies for Limb Loss. Amputation brings an avalanche of feelings. After the trauma of a limb loss, the last thing you want to do is face your feelings. However, the sooner you stop ignoring your emotions, the sooner you can acknowledge…

33. Reducing Your Significant Other’s PTSD Reducing your significant other’s PTSD is often overlooked. . There are many ways to describe the stress and emotional pain that people go through being a caretaker. Physicians call it the caretakers’ syndrome, although it is not a medical disorder. It has other names like post-tra umatic stress disorder, caretakers stress…

Reducing Your Significant Other’s PTSD Reducing your significant other’s PTSD is often overlooked. . There are many ways to describe the stress and emotional pain that people go through being a caretaker. Physicians call it the caretakers’ syndrome, although it is not a medical disorder. It has other names like post-traumatic stress disorder, caretakers stress…

Breakthrough in Phantom Limb Pain Breakthrough in Phantom Limb Pain started when it was first recorded some 400 years ago by French surgeon Ambroise Paré. At that time, he operated on wounded soldiers, many of whom complained of a mysterious pain in amputated limbs. Despite its long history, phantom limb pain remains poorly understood. There…

27. How to find the best Prosthetist      How to find the best Prosthetist is important because you are going to be under their care for the rest of your life. Amputations cannot be reversed, but you have control of your relationship with your Prosthetist. Choosing a Prosthetist is more than just getting a…

11. How to Reduce Amputee Depression This is advice from one amputee to another. How to reduce amputee depression. These are practical tips divided into physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of depression. Here is how to reduce amputee depression.  Depression is anger turned inward. Here are some ways to deal with this emotion. You…

34. Start Enjoying Valentine’s Day   Start enjoying Valentine’s day by getting the courage to date and reconsidering falling in love is on everyone’s mind. Let’s exclude a dozen roses, chocolates, and a hallmark card crew that have the holiday all covered, or so they think. Being an amputee may make it harder to enjoy…

28. Ending Cripple Thinking   “One Thing You Can’t Hide Is When You’re Crippled Inside” John Lennon Its time for ending cripple thinking. It has been almost three years since my below-knee amputation. I am looking out for ways that I can lead my life more like a normal person. While I was waiting for…

5. The Agony of Being Misdiagnosed Bipolar It is very clear what the agony of being misdiagnosed bipolar after your amputation is. So many amputees have such intense feelings after their amputations that they could be misdiagnosed as manic depression. Current psychiatric research has found that sixty-nine percent of patients are misdiagnosed with Manic Depression…

20. Make Your Bodily Consciousness Grow a New Leg Ask any amputee, and they all will tell you that you can’t grow a new one. Make your Bodily Consciousness grow a new leg is the title of this article. The point of this article is that if you wear your prosthesis long enough, your consciousness…

15. Top Advancements in Prostheses in 2020   Prostheses have progressed dramatically in recent years, with many people choosing to move away from the standard NHS-provided prostheses, to highly functioning, technologically advanced limbs. Here are the top advancements in prostheses in 2020. With these types of prostheses now available on the market, there’s a wide…

Journaling Improves Amputation Recovery Journaling helps in amputation recovery. You don’t know what journaling can do for your amputation till you try it. It puts a progression to your thoughts. You see the change in much more detail. By reflecting on things you wrote in the past, you see how much things have changed. Journaling…

8. Beating Amputation Phantom Pain Ask any amputee who has tried beating phantom pain. Their goal is beating amputation phantom pain. You know phantom pain when you feel it. It comes from where your limb used to be. The sensation starts as discomfort. It is a real feeling coming from the missing limb. It might…

Unlocking the Secrets of Being an Amputee Spouse   Unlocking the Secrets of Being an Amputee Spouse was a hard book to write because it grew from experiences that were intense feelings. For some time now I have felt a gentle nudge from the universe to write a book about our experience when my husband suffered…

Beware Your Amputation Can Become a Major Depression Dealing With Your Feelings Many people never see their recovery from their amputation stall. Beware your amputation can become major depression. Getting into an auto accident leaves us no chance to prepare for our amputation. As a result, many amputees have not resolved the emotional loss they…

Amputee Skills Defeat Pandemic Fatigue Syndrome Amputee skills defeat pandemic fatigue syndrome, Almost everyone is unusually anxious because of COVID-19. However, being in a constant state of anxiety and stress will not do you any good. After all, stress is known to affect our immune system.  So, what should we do? We can try coping with…

Taking Charge of Post-Amputation Depression You have a flood of different feelings right after your amputation. Shock and disbelief come when you see part of you missing. You feel frustrated when you realize you have a long recovery ahead of you. At some point, profound sadness and grief overtake you when issues like returning to work…

What is Fall Prevention? you ask. Fall Prevention enables You Identifying places and behaviors that can easily result in a loss of balance is called fall prevention. The more you take control of this process, the more confident you feel about returning to your-pre amputation lifestyle. If you haven’t been taught and warned about the…

Seizing Control of Amputation Anxiety What Causes Amputation Anxiety Thirty-five percent of recent amputees suffer from anxiety. Many of them find they are overwhelmed by that fear. However, there are some specific triggers that the newly amputated face that is unique. This empowers you to seize control of amputation anxiety. Feelings of shock, anger, frustration,…

Using your Amputee Skills to Cope with the Pandemic You have been in a precautious state long enough to know you are using your amputee skills to cope with the pandemic. These days, we all have to accept the anxiety inherent in living with the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19. If there were a way to…