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#CheckInWithMe #Disability #Amputee #LimbDifference

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A Day in the Life of a PWD (Person With a Disability)

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A man with an amputated forearm is chatting with an acquaintance.
ACQUAINTANCE: So, what can you do?
MAN: A better question is: What can't I do?

Frame 2:
MAN (grinning): That's a much shorter list!

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#CheckInWithMe #Disability #Amputee #LimbDifference

COMIC STRIP
A Day in the Life of a PWD (Person With a Disability)

A woman with a prosthetic arm walks by a man with a prosthetic arm.
MAN: I'll show you mine, if you show me yours!
The woman laughs.

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Amputee life #Amputee #doublebelowtheknee #amputeelife

#Amputee #doublebelowtheknee
hey, I’m lexzy. I’m a double amputee below my knee. I’m 19, I have been looking for a amputee community. I have been looking for a while actually. I found this page and noticed it has been inactive for months. Due to corona virus I’m locked inside and itching to connect with people who understand my daily life. My limb loss was from birth so I don’t understand much of life without my prosthetics. With that being said it doesn’t mean I don’t understand a bare the weight prosthetics come with. I’m no newbie to body dismorphia, phantom pains, chronic daily pain, sores, poor insurance coverage and in general the mental and emotional strain amputees take on. My goal here is to connect with others who experience the same reality as I do. A different daily life than a average able bodied person. I’m new to this app, and if I’m being honest I’m new to connecting with other amputees. I have 18 years of experience using my prosthetic, and I’d love to give tips and tricks to other amputees on how to make life easier, more accessible and more convenient for you.

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Amputee life #Amputee #doublebelowtheknee #amputeelife

#Amputee #doublebelowtheknee
hey, I’m lexzy. I’m a double amputee below my knee. I’m 19, I have been looking for a amputee community. I have been looking for a while actually. I found this page and noticed it has been inactive for months. Due to corona virus I’m locked inside and itching to connect with people who understand my daily life. My limb loss was from birth so I don’t understand much of life without my prosthetics. With that being said it doesn’t mean I don’t understand a bare the weight prosthetics come with. I’m no newbie to body dismorphia, phantom pains, chronic daily pain, sores, poor insurance coverage and in general the mental and emotional strain amputees take on. My goal here is to connect with others who experience the same reality as I do. A different daily life than a average able bodied person. I’m new to this app, and if I’m being honest I’m new to connecting with other amputees. I have 18 years of experience using my prosthetic, and I’d love to give tips and tricks to other amputees on how to make life easier, more accessible and more convenient for you.

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Veteran? #Disability #Wheelchair #Ableism #Amputee #CheckInWithMe

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A Day in the Life of a PWD

Frame 1:
A man in a wheelchair, who is missing both lower legs, is traveling down a sidewalk with his friend. A pair of women walk the other way.

Frame 2:
As they pass each other, one woman stops and bends down to talk to the man.
WOMAN: Thank you for your service!

Frame 3:
They continue walking.
FRIEND: I didn't know you served in the military!
MAN: I didn't.

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What can you so? #Disability #Amputee #Ableism #CheckInWithMe

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A Day in the Life of a PWD

Frame 1:
A man who is missing his right forearm is talking to an acquaintance.
ACQUAINTANCE: So, what can you do?
MAN: A better question is: What can't I do?

Frame 2:
MAN: That's a much shorter list!

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a little leg #Amputee #diabetic

I have never been ashamed of either my amputation(s) or my prosthetic. I recently got a new prosthetic and had it adorned with the South Carolina moon and tree

Today I went out in my new sandals and my George Washington socks. the sandals are closed toe which fits the fake foot as well as my three toed left foot. I embrace the new me and wear shorts most of the time

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steps to my new leg #Amputee

I had a cast made of my 1/2 leg yesterday so that a new prosthetic can be made. I get the new leg next Tuesday and I can not wait!

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Silly Realization #ChronicPain #Amputee

I ad seen people posting about chronic pain before on The Mighty, but I never realized what that meant exactly. Meanwhile, I have had constant pain in my remaining foot since they amputated my two biggest toes almost four years ago.

My nurse referred to my pain as chronic this week and I looked the term up on Google. I don't suppose this actually helps my foot pain though. I just know what to call it now.

Chronic pain in one foot,phantom pain in my missing right foot. Fun, fun, fun.

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