what steps amputees do after amputation to get his/her normal life back?

Question

I mean, what are the teraphies?

Answer 1

as an above the knee amputee, the right leg (my gas pedal foot) is gone and i was a driver for 25 years for a living, i was in the hospital and rehab center for three months healing, building upper body strength and learning to transfer by myself without the help of a therapist. i had to build the strength in my left leg to hold all my body weight while i stand to transfer while holding on something for balance.

i had to learn to stand on one leg with holding on the bed, wheelchair, walker, handrails, i had to learn to do things using only one hand, such as pulling my pants up after using the restroom.

i had to learn to transfer to a wheelchair and push the wheelchair with me in it, not so easy as first, as you get stronger you can go faster. but going up ramps are still a pain, i can only do the lower ramps, no steep ones, i ask for help to do those ones.

i had to learn to cook, do dishes, laundry from a wheelchair. i have to have someone with me to do groceries to push my grocery cart while i wheel around the store buying what i need.

i am in the process of getting a prosthetic leg now, so i will have to learn to walk again with it. it will be a process since it has been over a year since i walked.

i have to say, if you don't have any experience other then driving, it will be hard to find a job in a wheelchair.

if you want to talk to me about more just e-mail me and i will answer the questions as best as i can. i will say being handicap is not easy, but you can live with it. you have to have a positive attitude, and don't ponder on your handicap, just do what you can do and the rest will come back slowly, but it is coming back.

excuse my spelling, spell check did not work.

Answer 2

Actually my mother just had to have her ear amputated due to cancer a couple of months ago. It just depends on what type of amputation or therapy. What helped her mentally was the fact that a family friend lost her eye to cancer. What this lady told her is now her "philosophy" on the subject. When someone asks her how she handles it she says "it isn't my ear that defines me I am still me with or without it." After weighing her options, she has decided not to get the prosthetic ear.

Physically, she has no problems at all other than the loss of hearing on her left side. (I'm still getting used to that one. Sometimes I talk to her on the wrong side and she doesn't hear a word I'm saying. LOL)

Answer 3

They would get fitted fpr a postestic limb, then start rehabbing

Answer 4

physical therapy first and if its an upper limb then occupational therapy.....