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jackiehagan
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My scar looks like an open mouth... so i drew eyes on it :) Apr 30, 2015 18:12:07 GMT -7

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Post by jackiehagan on Apr 30, 2015 18:12:07 GMT -7

Hiya!

My name is Jackie, I'm 33 and I had my leg off last year really suddenly following a large cluster of blood clots in my leg, obvsiously I was upset, and then I wrote a comedy show about it, my stump has a strange open scar in it that looks like a mouth... at first i was gutted, it looked gross, i figured i could either hide it away forever, or... draw some eyes on it!

So now that has developed into the game 'Celebrity Stump'! I dress it up as various celebrities and do stump puppetry

i've just finished a national tour and there's been national press interest (One Show, Radio 4, Chat magazine, Mirror etc!). It's been a really bonkers ride!

If anyone lives in Manchester i'm doing my big homecoming show on 9th may.

I've also just had a book published 'Some People have too Many Legs',

I'd like to make contact with other amputees because throughout all of this I haven't really spoke to anyone else who has had these experiences, i'm keen to talk to anyone who uses optimism to deal with the pain.

more info on my website www.jackiehagan.weebly.com

Last Edit: Apr 30, 2015 18:31:37 GMT -7 by jackiehagan

stonecutter
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My scar looks like an open mouth... so i drew eyes on it :) May 1, 2015 7:14:23 GMT -7

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Post by stonecutter on May 1, 2015 7:14:23 GMT -7

Good morning JackieHagan! Welcome to the forum!

My vote on the poll was for "How did it happen" but I changed it to that after I had originally selected "Does it hurt?" That's usually the second question I was asked.

Funny you should bring up the 'who does your stump look like' question. After my amputation there was a tremendous amount of swelling that took a couple of months to subside due to the traumatic nature of my accident. When I was still in the hospital, it would be uncomfortable to leave it sitting on the leg extension pad on the wheel chair - there never was a good position that didn't hurt. So I always ended up holding my stump up in the air. When my leg was bent at the knee (BK amp) with the tensor bandage wrapping my stump would look like Dino from the Flintstones. My stump was soon called Dino by a lot of folks after that. That soon was forgotten after I was finally upright on a prosthesis though and I had forgotten about it until right now.

Last Edit: May 1, 2015 7:14:43 GMT -7 by stonecutter

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Left Below-the-Knee Amputee since June 1994
Revision surgery February 2012

cherylm
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My scar looks like an open mouth... so i drew eyes on it :) May 2, 2015 2:56:46 GMT -7

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Post by cherylm on May 2, 2015 2:56:46 GMT -7

Hi there, and welcome! LLOOVVE the prosthesis...do you actually wear it on an everyday basis and, if so, how many times have you caught the wing on something?

I took a minute to check out your website and videos/interviews. Wish I was in England so I could catch the show. My own stump is a withered and wrinkled old thing...I'd have to make it up as extremely elderly celebrities.

Seriously, I got quite a few laughs from your act, and I have to agree that the only reasonable way to deal with the "you may still die" business is to just think positively and get out there and live!

I don't really have pain issues, but anything else you want to chat about, I've had ten years as a below-knee amp and may have tips, tricks, and hints for you. Again, welcome to the forum!