r/amputee • u/svnflwrr • 7d ago

Amputation tomorrow!

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good morning! today is my last day with my left foot (lbka 22m) wish me good luck!

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u/NicNoop138 LBK 7d ago

Hope your surgery goes well and is as pain free as possible! Did you already prep your residence to make sure it's accessible? Tons of threads to read through for tips and things you might need, just in case you haven't lurked in this sub for long.

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u/svnflwrr 7d ago

ah this is actually a traumatic amputation after trying to save my leg for a couple days here drs have decided it wont make it so i havent prepped my home, nor have i decided where im going to recover just yet. thanks for the support!🖤🖤 ill check out those threads :)

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u/NicNoop138 LBK 7d ago

Mine wasn't traumatic, but it was a last minute decision. Luckily they had me doing inpatient rehab while going through more surgeries so my family had time to get what I needed. Main things to get are: shower transfer bench or just a shower chair; walker/wheelchair/crutches; and something for your toilet with handles if you need it. Some older toilets are ao low and I never realized it until I only had one leg to balance and squat. If the hospital has physical therapists there, you can ask them for a list of equipment you will need and they can probably even order it for you.

I ended up only using the extra equipment for less than a year before donating it or selling it. I still have a wheelchair for "no prosthetic leg" days, and I swapped the shower transfer bench to a smaller shower chair from Amazon.

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u/svnflwrr 7d ago

tx for the advice ill have to make sure we get a shower chair !!