Amputee Watches AMPUTATION SURGERY!
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My husband made me PROMISE not to watch any real amputation surgery videos BEFORE my amputation...but now that we're two years out, I thought it was time to see what they actually did in surgery. 😉
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Fourteen years of pain and failed ankle surgeries brought me to 2018, when I made the difficult decision to become a twenty-seven-year-old below-the-knee elective amputee. This channel is to document my journey of amputation surgery, recovery, and reclaiming my life.
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I found out that the doctor who amputated my leg wrote an orthopedic textbook. In the section on pediatric amputation, there was a picture of my stump. I have a distinctive birthmark on my knee, that's how I know it was my stump.
When I first read that it didn't click in my mind that you said stump, I was thinking it was a picture of the removed limb! Glad I mis-read that!
bro your stump is famous
@@austinpatrick2682 Oh God, that would be horrible.
@@cadenj3967 It was funny, because the doctor who showed me this picture was a resident who was hoping to become an orthopedic surgeon. It turned out he knew about my doctor and greatly admired him.
He was distracted by the doctor's work (which was very good) and forgot about the massive skin infection I had gone in to have treated.
He was all excited to have a "Doctor Black amputation" to look at first hand.
It’s weird/concerning that they didn’t have to get your permission to use the image! I haven’t been able to bring myself to watch any videos of the 2 different ankle surgeries I’ve had, but it got me thinking, what if one of my surgeries had been filmed and published. 😲 Would they have to ask my permission, or do they not really need it as long as no personal information is shared as well? I do remember my surgeon asking me as I was wheeled into the room if it was OK for him to have some students observe, but I don’t remember much after I answered “sure.”
They used the skin flaps to gift wrap your new leg for you.
That's such a weird sentence and so weirdly accurate.
Oh gawd, I almost spit out my candy corn to laugh at that. I feel bad about it but, sorry, I did.
Lovely way to put it. Thank you.
Mine was wrapped in several layers of bandages. It wasnt unwrapped for a few days. I didnt have a cast though.
and yes my surgeon did a good job with the gift wrapping. it was shaped quite well
Imagine being a intern and being told "here's a leg that is not needed anymore please go burn it" 😂
RIGHT!?!
I was on Pinterest the other day and saw a comment from someone and their job is to take a cart of legs and go burn them
@@karenz3853 I'm now thinking of the guy on Monty Python pushing the cart of corpses yelling "Bring out ya deaaaaaad!"
@@austinpatrick2682 yeah I was thinking about that too, bring out ye legs
Hopefully the job isn't given to a disgruntled or mischievious intern or similar. The scope for pranks rather than transporting the limbs for incineration straight away....🤣🤣🤮
So basically, they make a skin burrito at the bottom of your leg 😌
Omg skin burrito 😆😆😆😆😆😆
Lol
Perfect desciption.
Pffff
I’m a medical student and assisted in an amputation yesterday. It’s such a crazy and amazing surgery.
"Crazy"? I don't think that's a respectful way to describe surgery - using ableist language like "crazy" is discriminatory toward people living with mental health issues. There are many adjectives to more accurately describe things than "crazy" and "amazing," which are vague.
What can you tell me about the amputation that bothered or amazed you?
@@wholeshebang1 shutup
@@MarksTournaments- How immature of you.
I've assisted as a trauma nurse in the trauma bay plenty of times and as first assist in general for trauma...at least till my injury...couldn't stand for hours anymore...🤷♂️
@@wholeshebang1 it's not that deep bro
You would make a great therapist. Your voice calms me down so fast. 🖤
She should get into ASMR
9:00 You and I literally have one foot in the grave (cremated).
Ba dum chshhhh 🥁
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@@stacysmother8965 Cool. I almost put the other foot in the grave last Sunday. Had a major heart attack!
Lmao I love it.
My dad used to watch that show with me.
I had an emergency c-section when I had my son 3 years ago. After the fact I watched a YT video of the procedure. 😳 Very informative but happy I hadn’t watched it beforehand. 😂
Yeah no one likes to see there organs on a table 😅
When you were discussing what happened to the severed limb, it put me in mind of my mom's leg amputation, as we wanted to retain the limb after. The process was to remove the limb, bag it as medical waste, send it to pathology for further study as to the mechanics of its need for amputation, all that was the normal procedure, but since we wanted the limb returned, I had to contact a funeral home to have a cremation set up, they needed to execute a death certificate for the limb, have the surgeon sign off on it, I was issued a transport certificate so I could travel with the severed leg, I then had to find the pathology lab it was being stored in, show them the transport certificate, they gave me the leg (in a sealed medical waste bag, I then drove it to the funeral home and dropped it off with the certificate, they sent it out for cremation and now it sits in a little box in our living room with the cremated remains of my grandparents on my mother's side, our 2 German Shepherds, and 2 of my cats. Good company, but a very involved process.
Wow that’s insanely interesting. I love learning the nuances of processes you don’t hear about everyday.
Hope your moms doing okay now.
I'm going in just after Christmas, to have my second amputation. I'll be missing both legs afterward, I'm watching you and soaking up what you're saying. Thank you for being the person you are, thank you for helping me, whether you know you help people or not. Merry Christmas, and when you say your prayers, may I have a mention? My real name is Sharon.
I don't think Jo is religious but I could be wrong
I recently had a below the knee amputation and one of the first things I did was watch a real amputation on UA-cam. It allowed me to understand what happened to my leg. Then I started to look at channels like yours which allowed me to move forward. Thanks for all that you do by putting yourself out there for us to learn and better understand...
I usually watch them beforehand freaking myself out and that’s just crazy 😵💫
You have a foot, it's just meatless. Does meatless mean it's vegetarian?
😆 😆 😆
Everyone knows they use a butter knife not a battle axe.
I knew a student nurse who went trough her rotation in the OR. According to her the limb is handed off to the circulating nurse and sent up to pathology for examination. After that it is put into a boihazard bag and then into a boihazard box to be shipped off to a company that runs the biohazard incenserator . As I understand it hospitals are not allowed to operate there own incenerators.
You are right about medicine and surgery being high stress. They have one of highest suicide rates of any profession.
By the way, go ahead and have some comfort ice cream.
It depends on the countries. In my country, Portugal, t isn't exactly forbidden to operate incinerators inside hospital. However, since... I dunno, about 2006, it is forbidden to operate incinerators at a certain distance from houses due to the fumes produced, and all but one of our hospital do not meet the required distance to be allowed to incinerate. I don't know if it is still running, but that one hospital that could run it (because it's a huge campus and it is a psych hospital, so very few residues) had an explosion, it was eventually repaired, but I don't know how much incineration it is actually done there. For that reason, most of our hospital biohazard is... actually exported to Germany and Belgium to be incinerated. A small part is incinerated in biohazard plants located in industrial zones.
So. Somewhere right now, there's a biohazard truck full of dead legs going its merry way off to Belgium. It's a silly image.
Yuppers, totally true...
@@sorayaimperial lol here they occasionally find them at the major composting facility 😂😂😂
Hi Jo!
The reason for pulling the nerve out and then dividing it and letting it spring back in to the leg is to avoid a thing called a neuroma. A nerve that gets cut will attempt to grow back but in a unregulated way which can cause a bundle of nerve fibres to form. These can be veeeeery painful.
/Swedish med student
Fascinating!!
When I was studying for my degree in medical science I had to complete a week of "clinical shadowing" which entailed standing behind the surgeons during operations. I was present for a hip replacement and two knee replacements. Fascinating experience but it definitely took a strong stomach! 😳😱😵. Another fab video, would love to see you watch a real operation. I'm sure you could handle it! X
In have 15 seconds left to write this before it starts and I literally don't know what to say, so I just wish you a great day and to her also! ❤️
Aww thanks so much, I hope you have a great day!!
I'm just glad that medical science has progressed as far as it has. I once read that a couple hundred years ago, they would literally just saw the limb off, and then burn the stump with a hot iron to stop the bleeding. Ouch!
When I had both of my legs amputated, and while I was still in the hospital, I also did watched an amputation surgery...😆😆😆😆😆
So happy I am not alone! ♥️♥️
I was awake for my amputation and remember hearing the saw when they were doing the sawing... Even after saying that, it was much better than having a general anaesthetic, I've had a lot of those and reacted quite badly to them.
I think if I were the one who had an amputation, I would like to believe that they used a light saber to cut through the bone. To be honest, I suspected if there was such an option to cut the bone, or at least some sort of laser to cut through the bone, it would be a healthier bone in the long run.
Keep being awesome, Jo, and as always, thank you for sharing your journey with us!
They actually do commonly use hot wires in surgery.
Not to cut through bone, but it is used for soft tissue.
You can get powerful lasers used in surgery too, but they are less common than hot wires.
Never heard of plasma swords being used in surgery though.
As someone who has fallen down the rabbit hole of UA-cam medical videos, to me it's about knowing what could happen if I find myself in certain medical situations. I like being informed.
I've also always had an interest in the medical field but did not pursue it as a career.
Same! People tell me I'll stress myself out, but it's the opposite. I feel much better when I know what's going on! It even helps me with my medical trauma...And it's very interesting ✨
As a doctor who lives with chronic pain after developing CRPS during residency, I can confirm your experience with great and not-great (and terrible) treatment from doctors and also wanted to say thank you for the nod of appreciation.
You are like a breath of fresh air! I love the joy you open videos with 🌈🌞🌬
I just want you to know that I’m watching your videos a lot right now because I’m getting ready to get an amputation on my right leg, just like you I used to be an active person but I’m not able to ….but anyways…. I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate you and your videos because i needed someone like you to show me it’s ok from someone who’s going through it firsthand. It really means so much to me and please know that you are making a huge difference in my life and without your videos I think Id be really lost right now 😢❤️🩹I thank God for you being you and your videos are bringing a lot to my life!!❤😊💯👍🏼🤩
Lol!!! Imagine what it’s like for me!!?? I’m a double BKA amputee and I have to perform amputations. My first operation on returning back to work as a surgeon following my own amputations was an amputation!!!!
LOL you made me laugh at your reaction. I’m surprised you didn’t look at the procedure before you had it done!
It’s quite a good description, I’ve watched a couple of amps and looked after more post-op and as you have found out, how the stump is formed is so important. In UK stump bandaging is a little different and focuses on shaping, not sure what happens in US.
I’m so glad her amazing sense of humor didn’t leave with her foot
I've watched a video of a real amputation, and I haven't had anything amputated. I'm not generally squeamish watching medical stuff but that was another level. I can't imagine watching it if I'd actually had it done to me. That animation was great in comparison
Omg 😱 I feel very faint ......cannot imagine how you felt hun 😔 so very brave of you to make this video thank you 🙏
Jo: "That video of them just removing the muscle is a little unnerving cause that is literally what they do."
My brain: Unnerving is a perfect description. Some of those, at least the nerve ends, probably go to. It is quite literal.
it’s crazy that your journey started like 2-3 years ago and i’ve watched you channel grow through all of it!! keep it up amputee buddy ❤️❤️
I don’t know how I even stumbled upon this channel, but I love it.
I'm a sterile processing tech and its sooo cool to go up and watch surgeries when I can. My boss said when she first started someone was getting ALL of their toes removed on one foot. So naturally being curious she went up and a nurse asked if she wanted to see the amputated toes. DUH!! the nurse pulls out A STRING OF TOES!! they chopped them far enough back that the toes were all still connected! Glad I didnt have to see that one 😂
Hi Jo, this was such a great video. Have you ever considered reacting to Sawbones? It's a podcast about medical history (all the things they got wrong and how they figured out how to do it right). They did an episode on amputation and I think you'd find it interesting.
You should watch the animated hip replacements next lol. I watched it after my first one before getting my second one. Glad I knew the details AFTER my first! But it is quite fascinating.
I've had four joints replaced and a 2 level back fusion plus a triple bypass. Since my kids have grown up in the UA-cam age, they've been able to go online and see animated (and real now that they're older) to see what ol' Dad has had done to his body. I've also watched several videos before my hip replacements('17 and '18, respectively) and found them very helpful and informative.
I've been following you on YT for a while now and I really respect you for all the work in therms of awareness in the amputation theme. As a medicine student you truly touch my heart today with your ending, it's really hard sometimes and knowing that there's people who truly appreciate all the commitment we have to make, expecially in this period, moved me. Thank you.
Edit: as you can tell English is not my native language, but I hope I made some sense.
You made perfect sense! I honestly would not have guessed that English is not your first language if you hadn’t said so :)
@@emmawb9719 thank you! I didn't expect strangers to be that wholesome on youtube :D
@@LordMedlinen No problem, the world needs as much kindness as it can get!!
So happy to see that you are staying safe and healthy and hope everything is going well for you and God bless you and stay safe and healthy. Love 💘,
Thank you so much, Matthew!!
@@FootlessJo you are so welcome and God bless you and stay safe and healthy. Love 💘,
My cousin is a surgical tech and has been one for about 4 years. Last month he participated in his first amputation and he keeps going on and on about how grossly interesting it was.
the skin flap is like the lil excess wrapping paper you use to make the cute corners on presents
You constantly amaze me Jo
How you could stand to view even an animated version of this (what a concept) leaves your audience completely stumped. Cheers!
I am a new right below knee amputee. I had my amputation due to a car accident (drunk driver hit me). I did not get a cast. But I also had a broken knee. My surgeon actually saved my tattoo that I had on the back of my leg (full leg tattoo). But now I’m thinking of who was handed my foot lol
I had the opportunity to read the pathology report on my amputated leg.... very detailed and interesting. If you haven't. you should read it... Thank you for all your videos. I'm 9 1/5 month out and all your info has really helped me!!!
I want to be a doctor but I don't really want to be a surgeon. I'm fine with blood but I would feel weird about cutting someone open and I would be really scared of messing something up
So wouldn't it be great that in the future, the could make a say mold of your existing foot and just "flip-it" so they could form your opposite missing foot. In other words, make a truly life-like bionic foot what would have lightweight alloy "bones" / joints in the toes that could bend as you walk and then spring back and have a revolutionary latex/ rubber material covering it. Sorry, It's hard to come up with the right terminology but i can see it in my head.
That sounds amazing. Given how technology is progressing, you might not be that far off with your idea. Different materials may be used, but the general idea makes sense and it could be partially possible.
The biggest obstacle in this would be how to connect it to the rest of the limb to make it move like a human foot.
there was some research being done into 3D-printing body parts. It would require to be able to grow all the necessary cells somehow and such and as far as I know that's the bottle neck right now. But I think they are able to print heart-ventricles or something by now.
Have you ever seen 127 Hours? It's about Aron Ralston self amputating his right arm after getting it stuck under a rock. It's such a good movie but that amputation scene was very hard to watch. James Franko, the actor who played Aron, did a fantastic job.
My own below the knee amputation is now exactly one week away from today. This was much less graphic than the actual meat and bone cutting video that I watched a couple of months ago. By this time next week, my right leg below the knee will no longer exist. Yikes!
I hope it went well! 🍀
Very interesting video! I'm glad you enjoyed it since you've experienced the procedure. I'm not sure I'd have the same willingness to see what what was done during my surgeries so I admire your courage. This actually fits with the halloween season quite well, especially dealing with what to do with the 'leftover' foot. :)
So weird to think of different preferences.. like I would want to know every single step before the surgery
I think I would want to know...but definitely would not want to see it.
Yeah, I commented on my personal history with a knee surgery down there somewhere. I was 16 and I actively chose to not be under general anaesthesia (chose a form of epidural) because I wanted to experience and see it - I was also dead afraid of not waking up from general anaesthesia. The doctors explained it all to me thoroughly all the steps, and I actively made the choice to be awake - the anesthesiologist was pretty cool with that, found funny that 90% of her adult patients wanted to be completely out and this kid wanted to be awake. Sadly, they did not let me see it (putting up mirrors) because I was a minor, even though I asked for it and the surgeons looked at me like I was some satanic child.
I did hear everything: the hammering, the sawing, the clipping. Was a bit freakish hearing without seeing. And I actually felt everything; not pain, but I felt my bones being banged and my ligaments being snapped. Then, because I had an epidural, I was feeling trouble breathing (it gives off the feeling that you can't control your diaphragm, as if an elephant is sitting on your chest), they gave me some anti-anxiety medicine and I ended up falling asleep on my own midway surgery, with all the banging and sawing in the background. Woke up with the heart monitor beeping like crazy, got scared, the reader had simply fallen off my finger (LOL), then went back to sleep while they were still hammering away.
A few months later, I had a very limited internet, but I managed to watch similar (not exactly the same) knee surgeries to make sense out of all those noises, and it made me feel better about it. It's not like I was freaked out about the sounds, but bothered me that I hadn't seen what was done to me.
If I ever had the misfortune of needing a planned amputation, I would very much want, or even NEED, to watch what would be done to me. I would freak out if I didn't know. I mean, my cat had to be put down due to sepsis and they forbade me from being in the room during the injection; this was over a year ago and I can't have closure and finish my goddamn mourning because I wasn't there to actually see what was done. I'm that type of person who has to see and know to be fully okay with traumatic things.
Your husband is very wise I watched a video of a hip replacement the night before my hip replacement 😳
LOL watching your face I'm reminded that nobody is prepared for surgery unless they've watched a lot of surgery. I find it fascinating but the real life aspects come across as straight up butchery, especially live. Blunt dissection? Literally tearing your tissue apart. Cauterize the bleeding? Cook the vessels with a hot metal point so the blood can't run. Sometimes it's violent where they're putting so much force into doing something you'd think it was illegal, lol. I think my biggest misconception was that it was this super delicate process with every cut precise, and sometimes it is, but definitely not all the time. It's wild, and amazing, and sometimes I wish I had the opportunity to cut people open because if the pressure didn't crush me, I think I would've loved it. The human body is so cool.
I have learned recently that there are different types of surgeons that do amputations. I had a trauma surgeon that only does it in emergeny situations. I am a LBKA and had the three big toes on my right foot amputated as well. The toe amputations weren’t done as cleanly as my current doctor would have done them. I will need another surgery soon to address the issues I have.
I watched a live uTube video on removing a kidney stone a month after I underwent the surgery. I was HORRIFIED at what they did and glad I didn't see it until after.
6:15 removing the nerves is probably even more unnerving
Ha ha i was wondering about the same thing with the foot. My amputation was done on memorial day this year. I kept asking people what they did with my foot since it was a teaching hospital and i had a horrendous infection tunneling up to my ankle. I am glad i have you to watch. :D I dont feel as weird as i am. :D
I got curious so I looked up a video of an actual surgery. I was doing fine until they started to separate the leg 😖 the separation wasn’t what made me feel weird it was the way they tore the tissue from it😫
ua-cam.com/video/7CR-j-3o27E/v-deo.html this is the link if anyone is wondering
Prayers
Don’t think I’d be brave enough to watch the actual surgery, LOL. I’m a lower right leg amputee myself (since September 2019) & I was briefly in hospital to see if a prosthetic leg would work for me. Sadly, I don’t believe it will. Had to stop physio because of a familiar stinging sensation in the area that takes the most pressure ... which could only be an early warning of CRPS, if I continue to work on it. So, everything has come to a halt. Better to leave it alone, as I don’t want the CRPS coming back. 😅
*I’m so Dumb I literally Just thought they Hacked it off*
After watching this I watched a 4:19 long video on UA-cam of the procedure on a patient. It wasn't as bad as I thought. Surprised how clean and little blood there is. Only one seen shocked me and that was after they cut the bones. I felt a bit faint and woozy watching it. Can't begin to imagine how I would feel if I was an amputee. Very interesting was definitely not as horrific as I assumed, 10/10 educational 4/10 horrific to watch
I have CNA training too. Mine was a pct. I didn’t take the test though. The only difference between the two is phlebotomy and EKG
Hello! you inspire me so much and i would love to have a conversation with you about all of my surgeries and get an insight!
I was worked for Hanger Orthotics & Prosthetics for about 10 years. On occasion we would have a surgeon come by and view the prosthetics we made and the patients that receive them. All seamed very interested. How they amputate, with the different types of prosthetic devices, with weight bearing in mind that will be used.
That was educational.I never knew how it was actually performed.
Think of 'skin flaps' like petals, in an amputation we fold the petals over each other to create a new little bud, ie your new amputated limb.
In my clinic, we use the terms petals and buds. The association with bud = buddy = friend. Makes it less scary and/or traumatic for the patient and their caregivers.
Your hair is so pretty!!
To your point there is a lot that goes into the exact location of the amputation. My thought was "I would hope they got the right body part correct when they amputate it", imagine being told "Sorry but it appears we cut off the wrong leg, my bad"
Omg! I've had all those curiosities as well! Heck, I even bombarded the surgeon on as many of my questions as I could remember each time I saw him! He thought I was pretty funny asking so many questions about the goings-on of my amputation! 😆
Thank you for making this video 👍🏾
Years ago I was a civil war re enactor and I had an interest in battlefield surgery and medicine. One of my friends lent me tapes of medicine of that era. The closest they had on amputation of that time was the wounds civilians received in the Iran/Iraq/Afghanistan/Pakistan wars. Unfortunately in most cases there was not a skilled orthopedic surgeon available so the surgery was performed by less qualified or trained persons. In many cases the surgery basically was the axe procedure you thought of and the results were less than perfect. I will not go into detail, but the patients often had to have additional surgeries to correct the results or to save their life due to bone or tissue infections.
What the animation did not mention, the bone ends are filed to soften the ends. Otherwise, it could cut through the muscle.
This reference footage is so out of date! I was lucky enough to see my op afterwards 🦿
I don't know how it works over there, but in my country, amputated limbs are delivered to the amputee (or to their family) and the limbs must be handed over to funeral services (either buried or cremated). It's a law requirement.
You could have chosen a better video Jo,that incision is called a fish mouth , I wasn't asleep for most of my amputation, , it was great until the surgeon said ' my hands are wrecked from surgery' 😂
right before my amputation in may i actully watched a video of an amputation my mom an sister wouldnt watch it till after my surgery
theres an amputee on tik tok, and she KEPT HER FOOT! AND ITS IN HER FREEZER😳
I love your channel. I think the first video i saw was when you got your cast off.. i kinda wondered about the flap. But I always figured it was a little too personal/graphic to ask about.
:30 seconds in.. I have wanted to watch surgery video of surgeries like mine (open heart and above knee amputation) haven't been able to yet
Okay well i grew up having facual reconstuction surgery up to 20 surgeries do to a cleft lip and palate facial deformity at Birth and just after my very last surgery I got curious and looked up how it was done and I had no idea at all that they just fold my whole nose up off my face like they only do 2 small cuts and just stretch the skin up which was more disturbing to me for some reason and seeing the way nostrals look under the skin we unsettling but anyway i deeply regret looking that up at least while i was still healing from the recent surgery not so much now, i never have a problem with gore or gross stuff but just having the imagery of how it looked on my own body us what freaked me out so much i guess
What happend to your leg like what was wrong with it??????? I'm intrigued
Who always watches to the end of the video just for the song at the end?
I have appreciated all your videos. I haven’t seen you do one about your new foot and ankle. It looks very complicated. What are all the parts, why did you choose these and what were your other choices?
When you were talking about watching a real amputation I was struck by a business idea. Hospitals could dot a few GoPros around the operating theater and offer patients to buy a video of their surgical procedures.
I'm sure it would be a smash hit.
You didn't ask them to fix your GoPro to your bed during surgery? 😂
We don't use a battle axe. XD
For removal: we use a scalpel for the skin, scissors for the tissues inside, ie the muscles, and a saw for the bone (usually electric).
For cleaning: we use raspers, chisels, pliers, cauteries, and water.
For closing: we use sutures (stitches).
It isn't scary. The only thing that is scary about it is the unknown.
Surgical Amputation is not bloody, violent, or traumatic...if fact the goal is to cause the least amount of trauma physically and mentally as possible whilst removing an area of the body that IS causing trauma.
I became a below the knee amputee on my right side on April 22, 2020 and the nurses never had a problem with me and I know that they were the best, and I always thanked them for taking such great care of me.
I just had an amputation July 26 I’ve had my leg for two weeks now learning how to walk on it without pain so I just keep adding socks so I’m doing psychotherapy to see if that will help with the pain that’s why I’m not fuck up the street so I’m walked about a half a block so far up the street with just a cane and I only use a cane right now to help my hip not be so sore
Your doing good. Mine was removed last Nov 5 and I am still in a wheelchair but there is a reason for that. Previously when I was young I injured my other leg severely and now that is giving me problems
Sounds like you're doing pretty well there! Hopefully it will get easier ASAP.
Mine came off a couple of weeks before yours, and I haven't gotten to the prosthetist stage yet. They seem to be wanting to wait longer before fitting here in the UK. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Looking forward to it, as big an adjustment as it would be.
Wishing you the best of luck, btw!
The human body fascinates me. And I wouldn't be turned off or fazed watching what a real Amputation looks like. It would be riveting and educational viewing ☮️⚛️🌏
I’m a CNA, super cool to know you used to be one
Actually its the surgical assistant that transports the removed limb i have a friend who does that and is always worried that someone will notice her just taking this limb down the hall
Ive watched a couple amputation vids on youtube myself one below knee and one above knee
Honestly I want to be a doctor to become similar to the abilities of my best doctors and learn from the horrible treatment from my worst.
The fact that they cut a V shape is fasinating. I never even thought of that. Medical procedures interest me. Also 2 and a half hrs for an amputation is so quick i honestly thought it was about 5 or 6 hrs. I dont know why.
Oh I searched and watched as many videos as possible before surgery, thankfully it didn't bother me!
I also had a cast, but only for 48 hours, it was removed on hospital before I went home x
Me watching port and feeding tube placement videos after having pretty intense ptsd from such procedures: 👁💧👄 👁 (but also was insanely intrigued cause I love learning medical stuff)
I was so scared to click on this but I did it anyway... Let's see if I can stay or not ( insert emoji here of hand over eyes and peeking between fingers)
Oh thank God it's animated 😂
My amputation was at the ankle and they used the heal as my stump then they stunted the growth in the knee before I hit my last big growth spurt when I was 8 or 9 and it put it up to around 4-5 inches off the floor which I was told is the lowest they can use most major styles of feet. I was told they can go slightly lower but it becomes limited to like 2 styles. Also I had cast also but I kept kicking mine off and I kept trying to walk on it so they had to angle my knee 90° to force me to crawl instead of walk and I had to wear it for around 6 months
Question of a fan of yours: what is it like with a prophetic leg hopefully i spelled that right 🥺
I am really curious but i dont want this question to be rude or mean I am sorry if it is but i am really interested about the feeling
U r so inspiring ❤️love from india❤️