Author: Alison Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967561912
Category : Environmentally induced diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Author: Ian Colquhoun
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781291419320
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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Inspiring, true-life stories about real people who have adapted to life after suffering amputation or limb-absence. Ideal reading material for individuals, families or healthcare professionals whose lives are, or have been, affected by these issues. Also ideal for fans of inspirational true-life stories. One book, Nine stories, Nine people, Nine Lives.

Author: W. Mark Sweatman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610053556
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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"Amputated Yet Whole" is an inspirational story of struggles, hope, and self-discovery. In this book, Mark recounts how he was disowned by his parents because of his sexuality, lost his leg below the knee, survived an unhealthy relationship and bad break up, lost his job, and lost his savings---all within a relatively short period of time. Such "amputations" almost cost Mark his life, but in the end he used these adversities to improve his life instead. As a Christian, Mark held fast to his faith and used his trust in God to help him overcome what seemed insurmountable circumstances. "Amputated Yet Whole" is an inspiring story of how physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual "amputations" actually led to a life where much more was gained rather than lost. This inspirational story will show anyone how they can become complete even in the absence of critical parts of one's self.

Author: Jeffrey Allen Mangus
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538141884
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 233

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Ampossible is the go-to guide for every amputee from the first day after limb loss to the day they get their life back. Thousands of amputations happen each day and millions happen every single year around the world. Yet, what an amputee actually experiences minutes after surgery, what’s endured through the heart-wrenching recovery, to the time they get their life back, is rarely addressed in its complexity. Almost every amputee experiences an onslaught of emotions filled with confusion, grief, anxiety, depression, and immense physical pain. AMPOSSIBLE offers a glimpse into the realities of limb loss for those who experience it and answers the many questions amputees often have surrounding their very immediate medical needs as well as the long-term challenges, both physical and emotional, amputees must face. The book is a no-holds-barred real-world depiction of life as an amputee. Jeffrey A. Mangus, a below the knee (BKA) amputee, delivers straightforward information for both the amputee and his or her family and support network. Covering the basics of wound care and rehabilitation, he also addresses the very real emotional needs of living a new reality without a part of the body intact. Offering hope and guidance, however, Mangus encourages readers to challenge themselves to overcome the downsides and live a full and engaged life.

Author: Dee Malchow
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781539012344
Category : Amputation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Losing a limb will impact every aspect of a person's life. This book describes the emotional process that a person may experience in adjusting to limb loss. Based on the author's own story and professional experience, it also includes input from many other amputees. Dee Malchow is an amputation nurse specialist who underwent a below knee amputation at age 19 from a boating accident. Since then Dee has interacted with over 3000 amputees through her job, skiing, soccer, mission work in Sierra Leone, and prosthetic research. She received her Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Nursing at the University of Washington. Dee is married to Jim Malchow and lives north of Seattle, Washington. They have two grown married children who have provided them with eight delightful grandchildren. See more at http: //deemalchow.weebly.com "Dee Malchow, RN writes with wisdom, emotion and incredible insight. Her book, based on her own experience, and in providing care and support to thousands of others with limb loss, provides help and guidance to those with amputation. As an Orthopaedic Surgeon, who has worked closely with Dee over the years, I continue to learn from her about how individuals cope, heal, struggle, and succeed. She has certainly taught me more than anyone else about being 'Alive and Whole.'" Douglas G Smith, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Washington

Author: Brian Craig Miller
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820343315
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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"Brian Craig Miller provides medical history of the procedure, looks at men who rejected amputation, and examines how Southern men and women adjusted their ideas about honor, masculinity, and love in response to the presence of large numbers of amputees during and after the war. While some historians have explored the lives of the wounded, disabled and amputated soldiers throughout the major military conflicts of the twentieth century, few monographs have returned to a time when medical care remained primitive at best in American history: the Civil War... In his travels in the South over the past five years, Miller has combed through archives, producing a wealth of surgical and medical manuals, hospital records, surgeons reports, diary, letter and journal entries pertaining to amputation, legislative records, pension files and applications, newspaper reports and numerous anecdotes about what it means to lose a limb."--Provided by publisher.

Author: Vanja Kovacic
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526161583
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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This book attempts to establish a more holistic approach to the rehabilitation of war-injured civilians, one that adjusts to the patients’ long-term needs. Kovacic not only offers an insight into the daily realities of patients during and after rehabilitation, but seeks to develop a new way to perceive, respect and involve them in health care. Based on comprehensive interviews with patients and MSF staff, as well as extended field observations, Reconstructing lives follows Syrian and Iraqi war-injured civilians in their journey to recovery. From their improvised medical treatment in their home countries, to the MSF-run hospital in Amman Jordan, to their return home, Kovacic explores how individuals attempt to pick up the pieces of their previous lives, add new elements from their treatment and travel experiences, and finally establish a new reconstructed reality. The book explores how the interaction between MSF staff and their patients contributes to the immense task of healing that awaits victims of war. The reader visits the intimate medical and domestic spaces that usually remain closed to the outside observer, spaces rich with human contact, perceptions, emotions, conflicts and reconciliations.

Author: Cam Tribolet
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781603749565
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In 1986, Cam Tribolet was on his way home from a night of drinking when, at a Ft. Wayne, Indiana, stoplight, three men tried to carjack him. During the assault, Cam was shot three times in the stomach. One bullet ripped through his aorta, another lodged near his back, and the third tore through his bowels, spewing infection throughout his body. Cam's family was informed that he probably wouldn't survive the night. But he did. In the days and weeks that followed, both of Cam's legs would be amputated above the knee. He would endure thirty-six operations and require resuscitation thirteen times. His fiancée would break up with him in the hospital. He would become addicted to drugs to deal with the pain. And he would face the loss of his career. He would even contemplate suicide. But God was not done with Cam Tribolet. During his remarkable recovery, Cam befriended and eventually married his physical therapist, Sue, who was instrumental in helping him to find God and begin living again. Since then, his disability has not slowed him down. Cam became an engineer. He and Sue had one child and adopted another from Russia. Cam became an engineer, a father, a downhill skier, and more. Born out of tragedy, Cam's life is fuller and more rewarding than he ever imagined it could be. His story of redemption, perseverance, and hope is for anyone who needs to discover that our God is a God of amazing second chances.

Author: J. S. Robson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780848811419
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Grayce Higgins
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462823874
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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When Sandy Shores joined the CIA right out of college, she had no way of knowing that in fifteen years she would be returning home for good, too badly injured by a foreign general to continue her career with the agency. Opening a private investigators office seemed the logical thing to do, but getting involved with murder, multiple personalities, and rape were not in her plans. When she is dragged off into the forest to die and it becomes necessary to kill or be killed, Sandy realizes that human evil isnt confined to foreign soil.