life

just your average lesbian amputee

[amadanad]

Couple of photos from our vacation in Cabo. Vacation is how opened pride month.

[amadanad]

Happy Friday from the gym

[amadanad]

Flashback to 10 years ago and to how life can change in the blink of an eye. That year I had finished high school and not long after graduation I was in auto accident and had to have both legs amputated above the knee. It was rough going through dressing changes, rehab, prosthetic fitting and learning to walk again. I fell in love got married and live a great life.

[differentlylimbed]

need ppl to understand being a lightweight active wheelchair user with two typically formed legs is inherently a different experience from being a lightweight active wheelchair user with a lower limb difference. ppl like me are only ever discussed through the lens of "active manual wheelchair user" but there are distinct differences that leave me feeling alienated from even that label sometimes

[triple-a-artist]

Being disabled while clothes shopping is like

“ah yes this is a sitting outfit and this is a standing outfit”

“This is a flare but put together outfit”

“This is a i’m pretending to be able bodied outfit”

“This is a I’m dead i’m dying oh lord outfit”

[amadanad]

I love my wife so much, she is my rock

[amadanad]

Hit the gym & 145lb bench

Don't let the weight and having no legs fool you i usually skip leg day

[vampfire1]

sometimes i think people just don't. understand that i like answering (non invasive) questions about my disabilities/illnesses/disorders. like yeah girl go ask me how i do my makeup as someone with tics and spasms. go ask me how i do competitive gymnastics as someone with chronic illnesses (answer a lot of taking breaks). go ask me how my hypermobility impacts my day to day life. how chronic migraines and epilepsy impact me. about my mobility aids. my personality disorders. why i can sometimes eat gluten but usually can't. about juvenile arthritis. about my pots and my compression socks (which i have a large collection of). about my horrible anxiety. about my hypomanic and depressive episodes. about my sensory issues and autism in general.

so yeah you can ask me about my disorders. just be nice about it.

[asexual-amanita]

I lowkey can’t stand when abled people call themselves cripples when they sprain their ankle or some shi. Not to be dramatic or anything, but you can’t reclaim that word unless you have a physical disability.

[amadanad]

The wife and I on a weekend getaway

[kaerlighedsbrev-deactivated2020]

[amadanad]

Of course I am

[diaryofagoodpup]

[amadanad]

Walking our dog

[amadanad]

New to Tumblr and want to introduce myself. I'm Amanda, 30 years old, out & proud lesbian and married to the greatest woman in the world (just over 4 years). I'm also a DAK amputee. Love to travel