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Trial by Fire - Day I

by Claire - 28 November 2006

Last week, I took the trip of a lifetime. I lived a dream. I did something I have always wanted to do. For the first time ever, I spent time in a wheelchair, in public, doing everyday things. For 48 hours, I lived as a wheelchair-user. To say it was an eye-opening experience would be a gross understatement. Every minute was an adventure, and nothing, nothing I did, wasn’t somehow impacted by the fact that I did it on wheels. Here’s what it was like to experience the world while wheeling. Trial by Fire - Day I continues »

But It’s Not the Disability I Wanted

by Claire - 16 October 2006

I’m a 36-year-old woman with a college degree, happily married to an able-bodied man for 10 years and mother of able-bodied children. I work part-time in a professional field and have my own hobbies. I’m your typical soccer mom. But there has been a shadow over me my whole life, and I have never spoken of it until this moment. I have BIID.

Now an amputee, yet still depressed.

by Tegumai - 13 September 2006

The following was posted on a newsgroup and slightly edited to make sense

I’m a devotee, married to a disabled woman, dealing with a wonderful but energetic toddler. I also have/had BIID, and became an LBK amputee July 2005.

Two months as an amputee

by Lily -

I should have given you all a recent update - its now 2 months since my amp and things are just so great, I have no words to describe the happiness in which I live each day since the surgery. I woke up from surgery without pain and this happy feeling which has never left

My failed attempts and what followed

by Lily - 29 June 2006

This is basically my story. I use the name Lily and I live in France. I’m a married woman, with 3 children and I have a wonderful husband.

Some of you may have heard of me either in a British newpaper as the "french woman who injured her legs and then wanted them amputated" or on the ABC Primetime Show about people wanting to become amputees. I will post the links at the bottom for you to view the newspaper article or about the documentary if you are interested.