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You're Not Alone

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Great book for amputees as well as their families and friends. The stories are autobiographical and do not portray amputees as either someone to be pitied or as super-humans. True stories which demonstrate the potential of life for all of us. Does not generalize about life after amputation but presents cases of lower and upper extremity amputation, use of super-high-tech prosthetic to no prosthetic.

I was encouraged to learn what can, what DOES happen, by the accounts in the book. We are not alone.

Highly recommended.

I had my left leg amputated in February 2003 after a motorcycle accident. A fellow member of my amputee support group at Harborview hospital in Seattle loaned me this book. Once I read it I realized that if I could work hard and keep my sense of humor that I would be able to deal with my handicap. The book covers the stories of amputees, most of the essays are two to five pages long so it is quick reading. There is a lot of practical information in the essays as the writers describe their problems and successes with various prosthetic technologies. Definitely worth reading if you are an amputee, know one or just want to see what the human spirit can accomplish.

This book will provide any person with a wealth of information regarding what you will face going through the amputation of a limb. I am sure many amputees can relate to at least one of the many illustrations given by the actual amputees themselves. My son is a double leg amputee and I have read this book from cover to cover. The stories have givin me a new perspective into the challenges amputees face everyday. It has helped me to allow him to pursue his own independence and achieve it. Truly inspiritional whether you are an amputee or not.

I bought this book for a friend who is adjusting to having lost her leg to cancer. She told me she found the stories encouraging.