Amputee STUMP / RESIDUAL LIMB CARE TIPS - HOW TO STOP the INFECTIONS!
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- AMPUTEES - HOW TO CARE for your RESIDUAL LIMB / STUMP. I've had ZERO PROBLEMS for more than a YEAR now by practicing these TIPS.
@theampedlife
#amputee #limbloss #disabled #prostheticleg #ossur #lifewithoutlimitations
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:47 Previous Video Reflection
1:33 Tip 1 Sound Leg
2:21 Tip 2 Surgery Prep
2:54 Residual Limb Considerations
4:18 Liner Choice
5:02 Residual Limb Suggestions
5:45 Tip 3 Natures Help
6:12 Products Used
8:13 Rewards of Good Care
8:33 Three Guidelines
9:00 MORNING CARE RITUAL
11:29 Tip 4 Socket 1st Thing in the Morning
12:02 EVENING RITUAL
13:14 Infections and Sores
14:40 Conclusion
15:18 Power Knee News
15:58 Live Streaming News
16:10 See ya!
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My Prosthetic GEAR:
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My Best Leg: Ossur Rheo XC
My Best 2nd Leg: Ossur Power Knee
My Best Foot: Ossur Proprio
My 2nd Best Foot: Ossur ProFlex LP Torsion
My Best Liner: Ossur Iceross X Seal In Liner
My Best Prosthetist: Eugene Rossouw (Cape Town SA)
Hi guys!!
I have been an AMPUTEE since 2004.
In 2000 I had a paragliding accident, after which I struggled with complications of my left leg. Constant infections and acute, chronic pain pushed me to the point where I considered amputation. Ultimately it was the right decision, which opened up a completely different life to me.
Today I am a content, happy amputee. I have good quality of life. In this channel I aim to share what it is that got me to this space. I hope that you find your own happiness, despite, and even because of, the struggles of becoming an amputee :-)
Im a new amputee and still im the healing stage. I been watching a lot of vids and this has been 1 of the best info for taking care of myself when the time comes.
Hi Michael, thanks for watching and for your message, I appreciate it and really motivates me to post more content. All the best with your early stage recovery and hope everything goes well for you between now and walking with confidence again. Hope we hear from you again, and please join our live streaming events and ask any questions you may have. I post advance notifications, so you should get a heads up a few days before we go live again. Hope to see you there.
Take care mate!
Thank you Chris for all of your videos, I am going to watch them all! My Husband is still in the hospital and just had his left leg amputated below the knee, your videos are so informative and I am so grateful. We have a long journey ahead of us and being prepared, informed and inspired are the keys to our success. You are amazing, thank you thank you! ❤️
Thank you watching the video's, and for your kind and motivating words.
I'm so sorry to hear about your husband's loss of limb, it is a confronting experience for even the strongest of people. I have so much respect for your support for him, your dedication to research this process, and clearly the love and care you are showing him when he will really need to feel it.
Even though this is a potentially dificult experience, I want to give you something to hold onto. Losing my limb changed my life in many ways, but upon reflecting on this time now it changed my life for the better. I truly believe that this is possible for all of us, and wish this outcome for you and your husband.
There will be dificult days, frustrations, maybe even some anger at times, but I learnt that with knowledge, support and a sound philosophical approach to life and our realities, so much is possible.
It looks like you and your husband have decided to embrace a healthy way forward, and I wish you the best, with a good outcome and quality of life ahead.
Please feel free to join our next live stream, and ask questions if you have any, real time. The subscribers are so helpful and supportive in these chats. Also, the next video will be about how to regain your confidence as an amputee, I hope you find some value in it 🌞
Take care, and regards to your husband please.
@@theampedlifeThank you Chris, I so appreciate you & your videos! And your kind words of encouragement, I sent my Husband your Channel name for he can watch your videos also. He is recovering from GI surgery in the hospital from sepsis but he is on the upwards mend. The doctors will be sending him to Physical Therapy Rehab soon for he can learn how to transfer and use the wheelchair. I’m so thankful he made it through, the doctor told me he was very close to death. I am grateful, no other words to put it.. I love him with all my heart & so do our Sons. Finding your channel has also been a blessing and for sure I will keep watching & sharing! May the Holidays be joyful for you & your family! 😊
BK right leg since 2004, US veteran. They started giving me botox a few years ago due to my near constant infections. Works like a charm. A dermatologist is required to administer, but i swear by it, it has reduced me from getting 1-3 a year to less than 1 per year on avg. instead.
Hi David, first up, thank you for your service.
Your comment is really interesting, i've never heard of botox being used to help with infections. I'm going to look into it, thank you for sharing this info.
I used to struggle with chronic infection, but thanks to a good socket and liner now have not had issues for a few years either.
All the best with everything, I hope the infection has subsided, and your mobility improved.
Thank you for this info. I just had my AKA 2 weeks ago and have viewed many of your videos. I will definitely watch this one a few times. 👍🏻
Hi Mo, wow that's quite recent, I hope it's all going well for you after surgery. I really hope you heal and get your mobility back soon, please keep in touch and share your progress with us. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, I hope you found value in the video's to help with the journey.
Take care!
Thanks Chris. Great information!
Hi Warren, you're welcome! Thanks for watching and for your comment.
I don't have a sound side, I'm a bilateral below knee amputee. But I see that this will be good for others. Thank you for doing this.
Hi Sharon, thanks for sharing and I'm sure there are viewers who can benefit from your knowledge and experience as a bilateral. Please share any tip(s) which you feel can make a difference to their experience, all suggestions are very much appreciated!
What is your number 1 suggestion? 🙂
@@theampedlife My first suggestion, strangely enough, is to get yourself to like, even love, your situation. If you wear shorts, you're a sight to behold. Keep strong, keep walking. Use whatever tools you have, but first and foremost, like yourself, like your new legs. (Hint: Watching someone like Chris, who works hard and enjoys life, will help immensely as you go through life. Chris is really a gift to all of us, unilateral amps and bilateral. He's wise, he's funny (don't forget, Sharon, he's so very handsome), and he knows things that most don't. I've learned a lot.)
@@sharonchandler4185 Aaaah ... thanks for the kind words, much appreciated and very motivating. I love your shared thoughts on situational acceptance, self-love, confidence, and engaging our lives with zest.
Thanks for bringing your kindness and warmth to the conversation x
Great video, great advice it is most important to take good care. A skin fit socket it is even more important to care for the skin as it takes all of the fiction that a liner does help with and can end up with more heat spots, small bumps or a bit of skin rash a good lotion at bedtime helps with that for me. A band-aid will help with a small blister if I have to wear the leg before it is healed, saved me many times. glad you are back
Thanks so much for the comment and suggestions, someone here will benefit from your experience and help. Absolutely agree that a well fitting socket is key, preventative and for mobility. It took me many years to get the right one, and changed so much when I did.
Good to be back!!
Using alcohol is really good to treat bacteria infections, but make sure you don't have any fungal condition. Once I had fungal rush on my stump skin, and wrongly used alcohol to treat it. It got so bad I had to go to the doctor. He said treating fungal rush with alcohol was the worst thing to do. Luckily he gave me some creams and rush was gone in a week.
Thank so much for sharing your experience and wisdom! Too much alcohol on the skin can also be harmful as it breaks down the good natural defences of our skin. Thanks for a very helpful tip to us all.
TIME STAMPS:
0:08 Intro
0:47 Previous Video Reflection
1:33 Tip 1 Sound Leg
2:21 Tip 2 Surgery Prep
2:54 Residual Limb Considerations
4:18 Liner Choice
5:02 Residual Limb Suggestions
5:45 Tip 3 Natures Help
6:12 Products Used
8:13 Rewards of Good Care
8:33 Three Guidelines
9:00 MORNING CARE RITUAL
11:29 Tip 4 Socket - 1st Thing in the Morning
12:02 EVENING CARE RITUAL
13:14 Infections and Sores
14:40 Conclusion
15:18 Power Knee News
15:58 Live Streaming News
16:10 See ya!
Thanks for the tips Chris. I'm going to try this. My stump has been really bad. Sometimes I feel like I should just accept the fact that my skin is shit. Hopefully with some of this advice the situation will improve.
Hey buddy, it's really good to hear from you again - one of the OG supporters! I'm sorry to hear you're having difficulties, I really hope you find something which works for you - please let us know if you do, I am aware of many amps out there with similar struggles.
Take care mate!
Thank you for the information Chris. I have an infection in the bone of my residual limb right now from one small hole caused by my socket. Very frustrating. I'll put some of this to use once I'm able to get back into my prosthetic.
Hi Don, I'm sorry to hear about this - I had a bone infection back in the beginning due to a bad fitting cast, which eventually healed well, but was very unpleasant to live with. In the end I got an anti-biotic implant which resolved the issue. All the best with the healing, please let us know how it works out for you.
@@theampedlife Since it's in the bone, they are planning on doing a bone revision in the near future. Not looking forward to it
How lovely to see you back Chris. For some reason even though I'm a subscriber and have the notification bell on, I wasn't informed you were back.. I just thought I would see if you had posted anything today and there you were! Thank you for your advice and care tips, really helpful as always. Take care, sending you hugs x
Hi Wynn!!!! Oh so great to see your comment, you've been so supportive and kind, one of my OG supporters :-) You've always motivated me to get more video's out there.
I'm going to start live streaming soon, hope to see you online!
Sending you a big hug 😊
@@theampedlife Absolutely, look forward to the on-line streaming. 😀
Nice one Chris, great information. Next time don't skip the shower scene 😉
Hi Jairo, thanks for the comment, and for the tip! I'm not so sure your suggestion will go down well with the others though 🙂
I lost my leg in February due to diabetes. I started physio 6 weeks ago with my prothesis. I can now walk with a walker. I am apprehensive about walking unaided. Do you have any tips Chris to help me walk unaided? Great videos by the way.
Hi PD, thanks for sharing your experiences and loss, and sorry to hear about how things worked out. I hope you find your way back, heal well, and get to walk in comfort soon.
My suggestion is to practice with horizontal bars, first with two hands, then one, then none. Slow, patient going to build confidence and to find a gait which works for you.
Gait training is going to be essential. Also work on core strength to improve balance and from which to power the lower body, as well as to provide balance to the upper body.
You can also walk with upper arm crutches for a while to take some of the weight off the legs till you feel more confident.
All the best, please keep in touch and let us know how you progress. Im sure your shared experience will motivate others.
Thanks Chris I will let you know how I progress
👏👏👏
Thanks Artur!
Good one sir, after a long journey of amputation of 6 years, I finally got an AK prosthetic with a mechanical knee joint. I feel much pressure/pain when using the liner, the pressure is much. Though this prosthetic is not up to a week I got it. Can you advise me on what to do... Thanks
Hi Ibiang, thank you for the message. I feel so happy for you for getting the leg, it's a big step towards your ability to move freely - awesome stuff!
If you're feeling painful pressure, one of two things are wrong. Either the liner is too thick, or the socket is not a good fit. Either way you need to ask the prosthetist to take a look to help you with a better fit.
If it's the liner, it's an easy fix. If it's the socket it is a bit more complicated, and needs to be adjusted or re-made.
Your socket should feel comfortable, you should feel no pain.
I hope you get it fixed, all the best with everything.
What do you do for the sweating I have a below knee my main issue is the sweating any tips
Hi, this is a good question, and something not all amputees struggle with, so dificult to give a definitive answer on.
TOP TIP - get the Iceross Seal-In Liner. it is a huge step towards eliminating sweat and infections. It changed my user experience enormously.
It is important to keep the liner extremely clean. twice a day, where possible. Keep a towel handy, or even better sanitary wipes.
Use a "dry" lubricant on your skin, sparingly, not an oily one. I use Epimax (link in description) as it is water based, and I use very little at a time.
Try all these together, you might be amazed at the improvement.
All the best, let us know things got better please.
I am a hip disarticulate and have a flap...there is no femur left to have a residual limb. Does this apply to flaps?
Hi Morgan, I'm not that informed on your question, but I'll check with my friends and let you know if there are any suggestions. What is it that you're wanting to be able to do?
@@theampedlife I was wondering if I could do this as well.
Some of your vids are good. But you have not addressed the biggy. The most fearful. How to get up after a fall when you have nothing to hold onto in the near vicinity. It may be addressed or included in one of your videos but not titled so.
Hi Jay, I will address this in my next live stream, I need to make a note to remember! If you can join us, and remind me in the comments, I can definitely talk about this topic.