Amputation in movies: Phantom Pain
Phantom Pain is a 2009 German movie, starring Til Schweiger.
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Phantom Pain is a 2009 German movie, starring Til Schweiger.
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Please welcome amputee musician. Fyodor Shestiperov (b. 1953), a Russian accordion and guitar player, missing four fingers on his right hand.
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Most people think diabetes is incurable. I’m fat, because I have diabetes. No, you’re not. You have diabetes, because you’re fat. And diabetes is curable.
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Twelve weeks have passed since my thumb lost its tip. As you can see, the removed fingernail is slowly growing back.
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Sometimes amputees do what many healthy people don’t. Terrance Stanley Fox (1958–1981), a Canadian right leg amputee, ran a 143 day marathon of 5373 km to raise worldwide awareness of cancer.
Whenever I buy anything, I try to protect its surface as long as possible. I buy screen shields, keyboard covers and silicone for my gadgets. I walk around new furniture and home appliances very carefully and use them only by handle. Because for me, even a minor surface damage moves anything from brand new to
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Another sportsman, missing a finger. Waqar Younis Maitla, cricket fast bowler.
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Two months has passed since the thumb tip amputation. The nail is slowly growing back.
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Another condition may result in amputation. It is called diabetic foot, and as the name suggests, diabetes is the cause.
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House M.D., one of my favourite series, showed an interesting device to treat phantom pain in amputated limbs, called a mirror box.
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