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freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 21 Oct 19

Pain My unseen friend. Every present on some level. My foot that is no longer there feels like someone has it in a vise. Sometimes it feels like fire is raging over my feet and lower leg, other times its stabbing. Not a couple of...

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A Question of Timing

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 19 Oct 19

Over the past ten years I have had a lot of different interactions with the opposite sex; most of them just on a casual level but some went a little (cough) further. If you don't know, I am a bilateral amputee (I don't have legs...

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I Got My New Legs!

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 15 Jul 19

After waiting for what seemed like forever, I finally got my new prosthetic legs! They went up again so this set cost a little over 32K plus $600.00 for the silicone liners you see flopping out of them. The ankle is an improved...

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This Weather Is Killing Me

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 11 Jul 17

Normally my joints and stumps only start hurting when there's a 20 degree temperature change but with the rain and high humidity it's been a true test of human will to keep me from snapping. I've already broke several pair of...

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Coping When Depression Gets The Best of You

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 14 Jun 17

If you've never experienced random bouts of depression or stages of insomnia, consider yourself blessed. Currently I am a bilateral amputee but if you aren't up on your medical jargon it just means a double below the knee...

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When Humility Introduces Itself

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 12 Apr 16

I shouldn't be there today, in fact, I am going to go so far as to say the infamous line from Kevin Smith's "Clerks" (uttered by Dante after every bad event that happens to him) "I'm not even supposed to be here today!" Today was...

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Death, Gobstoppers And Blood Mountain

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 5 Apr 16

I think about death every day. Not the sweet seductive Twilight-inspired death or even something quick and painless – just death. Make no mistake about it, I have no plans to kill myself but my daily routine has changed....

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Update on My Appalachian Trail Hike

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 2 Apr 16

One of the most taxing things about buying items for a massive hiking trek is whether or not it is going to be something that you are actually going to be able to use. For the Appalachian Trail hike I am going to need almost...

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Am I Cursed?

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 25 Mar 16

I had made an appointment to get another adjustment on my prosthetics and to get a new socket for my right leg; I overlooked the fact that it was Good Friday when I made the appointment. After my long string of bad luck,...

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What Happens When Life Sucks And You Don't Die?

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 23 Feb 16

I am pretty sure everyone's heard the saying, "life sucks and then you die". What happens when life does indeed suck but you don't die? Yesterday should have been a great day for me; I was going to pick up my new prosthetic legs...

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Hiking The Appalachian Trail

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 4 Feb 16

Last year I was confined to a wheelchair after I lost my right leg and had complications; it goes without saying that it was one of the most depressing things I had to go through. One thing that kept me focused on my physical...

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What Would You Do If Your Kid ...

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 14 Apr 09

... was staring at someone with a disability? I don't consider myself handicapped or disabled but I do have a prosthetic leg. When I wear shorts I get a lot of younger kids that stare at me, that doesn't bother me, they are just...

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Any Amputees At MyLot?

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 4 Apr 09

I'm curious if there are any other amputees here at the site. I am a six month BKA (below the knee amputation) that has been walking for a little over three weeks. Had some medical set backs or I would have been walking a lot...

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Disability attraction

makaveli617 @makaveli617 (14) • Philippines 15 Oct 08

I have been surfing the internet a lot and i have encountered some people are attracted to people wit disabilities. what do you guys think about this? just curious

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ER Department Waiting Room Overlooks Corpse

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 25 Sep 08

Double Amputee Brian Sinclair died while waiting 34 hours for care in a Winnipeg, Canada E.R. waiting room. He was left unchecked even though other patients expressed concern about him. The staff claimed they were simply "too...

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College tuition

dand1leg @dand1leg (11) • United States 20 Jun 08

Not sure if anyone can send me in the right direction, but here goes. I was recently at a party when a lady came up to me and started asking me questions about my husband. He was in a boating accident when he was 5 and lost his...

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Should a double amputee be allowed to compete in the Olympics?

bonbon664 @bonbon664 (3466) • Canada 25 May 08

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This woman fight against all odds...Wow.

saivenkaat802003 @saivenkaat802003 (4823) • India 4 Jun 07

Yet another news item that i read some days back.. This woman,Kellie Lim, from losangles,who lost both legs and an arm when she was a eight,and is poised to become a doctor for children. she became triple amputee due to...

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That boy had no legs. I was shocked............

joan_hazle @joan_hazle (127) • India 29 Dec 06

Recently, when i was abroad, i met this 12 year old boy in a train. Cute, fair, bubbly, just like any other 12 year-old. I was getting bored, so i tried to cook up some conversation with him. So i started "where are u from?". He...

A Right to Participate!!

BlueBell101 @BlueBell101 (192) • Canada 16 Dec 06

My Friend is a amputee, she lost he left leg, bellow the knee, in a car accident when she was just 8 years old. She has never let that stop her. However, the college basketball program will not allow her on the team for they...

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