Do you still feel a phantom hand in your head?
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ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 9 hours ago
Or get amputated.
The first times I went to the swimming pool in rehab, I remember feeling “more than 100%” naked in the changing room - if that makes any sense - because bits of me that used to be deep down inside of me were now only skin-deep. It’s a very strange feeling to feel even more naked than naked. Hard to describe.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 9 hours ago
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 6 hours ago
Well, I still have both my hands, so no 🙂
My feet however… Well no, I don’t have phantom limbs. Never had. Not everybody gets them. And I have very little phantom limb pain - which is a different thing. When I do get it, it’s either in the form of mild electric shocks, which are easy to deal with and possibly even pleasant like a TENS session, or in the form of terrible itching I can’t scratch that can last for up to 3 days.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
yes.
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 6 hours ago
your MD believes you’ve healed. book says you should have years ago.
If your doc thinks that, change doc.
In my neck of the woods, doctors are so aware of phantom pains that I can literally walk into any doctor’s office, even one I’ve never met before, and ask for a prescription of Gabapentin or opioid of any denomination at any strength no questions asked. If I was still addicted, I would have no supply problem.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
And then you’re drug seeking and doctor hopping and then there are only four doctors will even see you.
chaotic_ugly@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
Jeez. I know that’s a mind fuck.