Having had two legs for the first sixty years of my life I kind of gotten use to looking down and seeing two feet. Now when I look down I see one foot and it actually doesn’t look weird to me. I guess to me it is what it is. With that said, just because …
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As one can imagine whenever a person has a life changing event happen to them it throws their whole world upside down. Life as they knew it no longer exists. Suddenly the person goes from their well established comfortable known routines to a world in which they feel like they know very little. Welcome to …
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Over the years I heard about amputees still being able to feel the body parts that are no longer there. I always thought that must be weird. Well now I know first hand that it is a very real phenomenon. There are two parts to these phantom feelings I experience. The first being I can …
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Before I get to the day that scared the crap out of me let me give you a little background information. Early July of 2019 I had pulled a muscle in my lower left back. The pain was debilitating and going to work was killing me. But because of my upbringing I went to work …
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I love Pirate Movies. They’re alot of fun to watch. In my mind a pirate always has an eye patch. He also wears a three cornered hat with a skull and crossbones on the front. He wears flamboyant clothing, brandishes a sword and may have a hook for a hand. He has his own ship …
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I recently had a below the knee amputation. So as one would expect I am now missing a good portion of my left lower leg and foot. Missing is probably not the best word. It’s not like I got drunk, misplaced it and I can’t find it. No, it was surgically removed in order to …
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