#amputee problems

[nostalgia-is-a-bitch-ah]

Story time:

I spent the summer in my wheelchair like 90% of the time since it was to humid and hot to wear my prosthetic leg full time

(i only put it on early mornings for a short walk or late at night if i had to go out)

(it was a terrible summer btw and i felt defeated and sad and crippled most of the days)

(but that is a story for another time)

Well i started wearing my leg more and more since the weather has cooled down and i was so happy! independency! and mobility! and my back finally starting to cooperate! and my hips realigning and everything!

And suddendly, BAM: phantom pain! I almost forgot it existed. Three months in a wheelchair and it was completely gone!? And the minute i start walking again it's back???? So weirdddd

[phelddagrif]

When you are a Paralympic swimmer with one leg and you break your flesh foot.

[turkish-oil-wrestling]

OH MY GOD THE MOIST AIR IS MAKING PHANTOM LIMB PAIN AND ITCHES WORSE OH GOD KILL ME KILL ME

Visual representation:

[munchycrunchyhair]

upside of winter+bundling up: no one knows ur an amputee

downside of winter+bundling up: no one knows ur an amputee

[alicefollowtherabbit]

Woke up at 4am to my cat trying to deliver a furball shaped present on the carpet, hauled my butt out of bed, sans leg, to get her to the bathroom, promptly fell over in my haste, and now have a carpet burn with a 1 inch diameter spanning the surface of my nubbin...

[takingbackhyrule]

You owe me and Yeezy an apology

[abemihashi]

when a guy tries to flirt with me by saying “i’m sure you don’t need your other arm to still have fun ;)”

[mauve-moth]

I’m so bitter about being a rehab studies minor as a disabled person because you truly learn how institutional ableism can be. Like you’d think a disabled person would have the upper-hand in discussing issues of disability, but able-bodied people still dismiss your contributions. You can study all the same material, but as soon as you bring up your own disability, they still somehow know more about the disabled experience than you?

I'm so cynical about discussing my experiences as someone with an electively-acquired amputation with people. It's usually just them invalidating what I have to say with ill-placed emotion and false assumptions. "Oh, that's so sad that you lost your leg!" Well, my QOL was dramatically better, afterwards, so it's weird that you're sad. "That isn't something a child should go through!" Yeah, it super sucked that a few months of pain gave me years of adventure and mobility. "I can't wait for technology to advance so we can stop the suffering of people like you." [Bob Belcher voice] oh my god

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