[AMP-L] It Itched. It Hurt. I Screamed’: All Amputees Have Their Own Story

[Wayne Renardson]

via The Guardian:

You dread an above-knee amputation. It changes your life. I can´t  
run. Steps can be terrifying,

When I went to bed, I felt as though my ribs shot out of my chest. 
They helped expel the pain. And itching: the two were intertwined. It 
itched. It hurt. I screamed under my breath, "Don´t scratch Don´t 
scratch!" My hands sprang back from my leg, fingers stretched. Like 
distressed stars. I shook. If I scratched I couldn´t stop. Vestiges 
of the scratching compulsion remain.  

I´m an amputee. My right leg was chopped off above the knee some 
years ago. I have a conical vestige of a leg. People call that my  
"stump". Ugly word. I call it "my leg". It is my leg.

The rest of the story, with photos, here:

https://tinyurl.com/ya3zwh7v

with a link to:

Experience: I design my own prosthetic limbs

Wayne R.