[00:00:04] Speaker A: Welcome to Life and Limb, a podcast from Thrive magazine all about living well with limb loss or limb difference. I'm Jeff Thiessen, publisher of Thrive magazine and your podcast host.
My guest this episode is Lynn dicola, a retired prosthetist, orthotist and technician, and now an amputee coach with clients across the US And Canada through her Florida based company, Lifelong Prosthetics.
She's also a mental health first aider, a writer, a regular contributor to Thrive magazine, as a matter of fact, and an international online amputee support group host, which she founded, and it's called Amputees Preparing Amputees for Life.
Lynn truly understands the unique challenges that we face as amputees, as she is one herself.
An above knee amputee of over 30 years, Lynn DiCola is all about getting your clients back to living their best life after amputation by bridging gaps, gaps in information and gaps in care. Lynn, welcome. How are you?
[00:01:12] Speaker B: Hi, Jeff, how are you today? I'm doing awesome.
[00:01:16] Speaker A: Good to hear. You're doing great as I am too. Really thrilled to have you as part of the Life and Limb podcast series. So, yeah, let's start here.
What exactly is an amputee coach? I mean, it's not a term or a profession or a service that many of us from the amputee community are that familiar with. So what do you do exactly?
[00:01:41] Speaker B: Well, that's a really great question because honestly, no one has heard of it, like you said. And my coaching is different based on each individual because, you know, as amputees, we're all different.
So as an amputee coach, I'm able to step back and look at the whole person, not just the amputation or the prosthesis. I look at someone actually living their life.
So are they independent with activities of daily living? Can they get into and out of the bathroom and manage personal care safely? What does their home environment look like?
Do they have safe open spaces or is their house more cluttered? Do they have roof rugs, steps?
How is their overall safety, you know, even mentally and physically?
Can they get outside? If they have a yard, can they get out there and get, you know, fresh air?
Do they have support at home? Because support is different. Sometimes they say they have support, but it's not 24, seven, you know, or there's not somebody just in the room all the time with them, or they just act just as someone in the room, not necessarily doing anything, helping with tasks or anything.
This approach really comes from my own lived experience.
I became an amputee after a motorcycle accident and limb salvage infections for multiple months.
As amputees, we know we're all different.
So I've learned to meet people where they are, not just physically, but emotionally, mentally and practically in their everyday lives, always keeping safety in mind.
As a coach, I do not replace the prosthetist or their healthcare team. I help bridge the gaps, help people understand what might be going on, ask better questions, and feel more confident navigating their care so they can move forward and live their life in the way that works for them. I work with clients both in person and virtually.
[00:03:53] Speaker A: Yeah, and hearing what you're saying, and I remember you telling me too, you even take into account whether there's a pet scenario and living arrangements, family situation. So you know that that gift, I guess in what you bring, or maybe even call it a superpower, some referred to their super strengths. It's seeing that that whole person, I'm hearing that from you and obviously your life as an amputee, your lived experience, three decades as an amputee and as a process and a technician, I would gather that contributes to your lens, but I'm thinking it also draws on more than that. So let's talk about your holistic experience. Where does all this go, learning and potential advice come from? What do you draw on?
[00:04:46] Speaker B: So what I draw on is of course, my 32 years lived experience, which this year will be 33, and where I've spent time over the years and how I spent my time. So as an amputee coach or as an amputee myself, I understand what, what it feels to live this every day.
Not just the physical side, but also the mental side, the frustration, the successes, living in an inaccessible world, things like debilitating phantom pain, electric shocks or nerve pain that people don't see. You know, even something as simple as dropping something can drain my energy and affect my mental and physical health.
So there are also moments of feeling both grateful and resentful towards the people who are helping me.
So I've had that too. And I've seen it with other amputees because we want to keep our independence and we see that sometimes it starts drifting away and we rely on people.
I also understand the prosthetic process itself.
Socket fit, alignment issues, falling, ongoing adjustments, working with healthcare professionals who may not be familiar with amputees, and even things like insurance denials or payers getting payers to pay for prosthetics or orthotics as well. Then professionally, I did not work in one setting. I have been working Alongside the health care team in people's homes, wound care clinics, rehab facilities, hospitals, and teaching environments like physical therapy and orthotic and prosthetic schools. And I've also been a patient model for the ABC national exam for prosthetist and orthotist.
Excuse me.
I have also interacted with amputees as patients in the past.
Clients, friends, colleagues and family all across the US And Canada.
So being in someone's home is very different than seeing them in the clinic. You can actually see how they live, how they move through their space, what they're dealing with day to day, what's safe and what is not. You see their support system or unfortunately, sometimes the lack of it.
In wound care clinics and rehabs, you see the other side. You see healing, setbacks, complications, and the effects someone goes through physically, mentally and emotionally.
All of that together gave me a much broader view. And it's not about the amputation or the prosthesis. It's about the person's entire life. And I'm able to see through the. I'm fine.
[00:07:50] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm fine, but I'm scared, but I'm in pain, but. Right, but, but, but I'm fine. You hear that a lot, I would imagine.
[00:07:59] Speaker B: Yes.
The.
[00:08:01] Speaker A: You talked about, you mentioned the sort of. The conflict with the support.
With support in terms of gratitude and resentment that could live together.
Talk more. More about that. I find that interesting.
[00:08:19] Speaker B: Well, in my own experience, almost 33 years ago, I remember I couldn't drive. I'm a right amputee. So before I was an amputee and going through wound care, I had an external fixator that was the rods holding my leg together, and I couldn't drive. But I would see my friend who came from California to help me at home.
I'd see her drive in my car, you know, through the. I was in the hospital bed in my living room, and I would watch her going because she's going to store to shop for us. So it was this weird dynamics that I was going through myself, and I didn't realize what it was back then, you know, and then gradually, as I came through life and meeting other amputees, I could see what was happening. It's us trying to fight for our independence, you know, and feeling like we're losing it.
[00:09:15] Speaker A: Yeah. You know, and me being five decades almost an amputee, it really resonates because, you know, we don't want to put people out, but we do appreciate the help. And then there's the resentment that, you know, maybe we're this is our own internal right. That we feel we might be a bother or something like that when we need, need help with things. So I'm sure it's a, it's a lifelong situation or scenario that you're seeing.
[00:09:49] Speaker B: Absolutely. And I attempt to, you know, explain that to our support people, you know, because they don't, when we become amputees or going through the process, they're learning along with us. So they're only seeing things that they see on tv, social media, you know, they hear from healthcare professionals, you know, so they're learning too. So I try to explain that dynamics to them.
[00:10:16] Speaker A: You've mentioned that sometimes you feel negative in your work negativity and people aren't hiring you in the best of their times. I'm sure this is a time of like I mentioned, pain or frustration and conflict. That's when they're turning to you. Yes. So is it just things you're dealing with for others that, that gives you that sense of negativity?
[00:10:40] Speaker B: Well, you know what it is? It's like I am full on, you know, amputee coach, 24 7. So when you're at the mall and people are people watching, I am watching gate. I'm watching the way people walk, you know, 24 7. It's in my mind if somebody says, oh, so and so is having a little problem. I want to know the whole story. Wait a minute. They're not wearing their prosthesis. Why? I want to know the whole backstory and negative. I guess what I, what I mean by negative is that I don't celebrate the little successes like, oh, they received the prosthesis. Prosthesis. Because I know it's a lifelong process.
It's not just in that moment. There's so much more.
The residual limb is going to change, their gait's going to change. Are they going to get physical therapy that supports them and communicates with their prosthetist?
You know, so there's so much more. So for me to celebrate. Oh, they received their prosthesis. You know, it's such a greater picture than just that simple thing.
Yeah.
[00:11:52] Speaker A: And you talk about that lifelong journey. It's managing amputation or prosthetic use. That's not a one and done thing when you leave the shop like with a, a new car. Right. I mean.
[00:12:03] Speaker B: Right.
[00:12:04] Speaker A: Requires maintenance too, of course.
I, I want to ask you, you know, some of the common problems that you hear from from amputees and maybe not just those who are new to the community, but seasoned ones. Long in the tooth ones like, like me of, of many decades. What, what do we all in have in common? Management of amputation lifelong, I think, because we're all different.
[00:12:33] Speaker B: We get different rehab, pre prosthetic treatment, post.
I mean, amputation, pre amputation treatment, post amputation treatment. There are no, like, guidelines for an amputee. There's nothing holistic where you go. Maybe you meet people pre amputation and you talk about your future, you know, But we all have the problems with communicating with our support people, you know, our healthcare professionals, because we understand a lot of them don't work with a lot of amputees. We might be the first one. So it's being heard, it's being actively listened to. It's being like, you and I understand. We've been amputees for decades, like you said, and still sometimes we don't get heard about our, you know, prosthetic fit, you know, and we have to explain more, which is okay. But on the other end, the healthcare professional also has to be open to listening, you know.
[00:13:46] Speaker A: Yeah, when you say prosthetic fit, that, that's for sure. That, that, that's, that's a lifelong issue because like you say, we are changing, so is our residual limb volume.
I don't know if sockets wear out, but my, my liners do.
So that's one. Something else. Is, is there a social component? Is there, you know, are your clients asking you, how do I deal with stairs in the community? People.
[00:14:19] Speaker B: Yeah, of course. Stairs is another one, you know, because people, when you're under the healthcare umbrella, all the people there, you know, probably saw an amputee or worked with amputees. You're at your prosthetist office. There's other amputees, but then people are afraid to go out into the community and be stared at, you know, and I try to explain to them, people really don't pay attention to other people.
You know, it's as simple as that. Sometimes, yes, they may look at you, but it's like sometimes you can start a conversation with them. Kids are great. You know, they come up, you know, they're interested, they're curious, they're like, oh, look, a robot. You know, they're excited about it. You know, sometimes it's the parents who are the ones who are dragging the child away and apologizing. And it's like, no, you know, it has, doesn't have to be like that. But the amputee also has to be confident. Are they safe? You know, they feel safe out in the community and confident to you know, be in front of others, you know, without getting nervous and falling, you know, or losing their balance.
So that is one of the things that we talk about.
But, you know, I think once people get their confidence and after a while they forget and are just like, when you go out into the world, people, there's always going to be somebody who sees us for the first time.
So you just have to live in your own moment and not in theirs because there's always going to be somebody new, and you can't do that. Imagine 33 years of, you know, being worried about somebody seeing me for the first time.
So I think that's kind of the way to approach it. You just have to forget and live your own life.
[00:16:13] Speaker A: It's something for me too, that is probably common to most amputees and, and I think we all deal with it differently.
You know, the number one question that I get from strangers, and I'm sure you know what it is, what happened to you? And I've become much more private about an answer because I feel at times I'm just satisfying somebody's curiosity and I didn't wake up to do that today. So that question for you, and maybe it's different for what you counsel your clients on, but that standing in the grocery store line and the person behind you says, hey, what happened to you? What do you do with that?
[00:16:54] Speaker B: Well, you know what, it's funny that you mentioned that, because it is, it's true.
And sometimes they'll ask you, but then they don't have time for your whole explanation of what happened. So you're halfway through and they're on to somebody else.
So, you know, I just say to the amputee, it's up to you. You can make up your own story. You know, you can say shark attack. You know, you can be creative in what you're feeling, you know, so that you don't have to be either, you know, defensive, you know, it's just up to their own, whatever their personality is normally, you know.
[00:17:33] Speaker A: Yeah, really good advice from a friend of mine. She, she responds, she's a bilateral above knee amputee, so both sides, lower limb wheelchair user for the most part.
And her reply, and what she sort of counseled me on is ask why they want to know.
You know, return the question with a question.
And I mean, if their uncle Joe just lost an arm, I got all day to share my story, right? But it really, it often just kind of stops folks in their tracks and I think they realize it's just sort of inappropriate Curiosity. But everybody, you know, that's my way of doing it. Everybody approaches it differently. Some people really want to be educators, Right?
[00:18:18] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, it goes all ways because I like to educate, but I also like to. Wait a minute. If you're staring at me, I have a knee rotator that I can flip up my leg.
I can take suntan lotion and rub it on my good leg and then suntan lotion and rub it on my prosthesis. So it's like, you know, there's that too, you know, so you can kind of play with it, whatever your comfort level is, you know, for sure.
[00:18:44] Speaker A: My kids, they, I wear some unusual things around home and particularly on the weekend. You know, colorful stuff. And I'll run out to the hardware store and my kids are like, dad, you can't wear that out. People are going to stare at you.
I don't know if you've noticed, but.
[00:19:04] Speaker B: Right, right.
I get that too, with the, you know, if I don't wear a sock, my sock doesn't match on my prosthetic side. And they're like, people are going to stare. And I'm like, are you kidding? They're going to stare because of the sock. You don't think this prosthesis is going to take some of their attention way. So it, it is kind of amusing the way people see us, you know,
[00:19:29] Speaker A: That's a good way to put it. Yeah. If we can find amusement in it, good for us, right?
Pet peeves. You and I have talked about this before, and it's something again, I, I, I curiously find interesting in others. It may be odd, but it, it fascinates me to learn what bugs other people. And, and my own list continues to grow as I age. I mean, the list is getting long.
About yours, and you shared three with me that, yeah, I'd like to explore a little bit more. And one started with, with comparisons. And you shared a quote that you borrow from Theodore Roosevelt. Actually, comparison is the thief of joy.
Talk about that.
[00:20:14] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely. And I actually received that from an amputee friend.
But the, the thing is, you can be an amputee, you're having a great day, you have your leg on or your arm, you know, maybe you're standing at the counter, you're reaching for something, you know, you're holding a glass in your prosthetic hand, and then, you know, all of a sudden you go, and you turn on social media and there's an amputee up on a boulder, just sitting on a boulder, and they have what you think is the same amputation level as you. So you're like, wait a minute, how did, how come I can't do that? I can't even think of doing that. So now your day where you were so proud of yourself for doing the one thing like standing up and balancing at the sink, now all of a sudden your whole happy joy is gone for that day. So you know, like someone, even somebody in a wheelchair, you know, you're doing great maneuvering through your house or you're out in the community, you know, and then all of a sudden you see a picture of an amputee in a wheelchair in a beach in deep sand. There's no tire marks, nothing. So it's just, it's things like that, even upper extremity, you know, your finally, you know, able to hold the, the glass of water. And then you see someone, you know, holding a, You know, like a bale of hay and it's like, wait a minute, you know, and it's like we compare ourselves to others. You know, you see somebody running on a treadmill, you know, it's just. Or skiing. There's different activities that amputees, even if they weren't an amputee, maybe they would have never done before. But we find ourselves comparing and I guess the other big one is that not only we compare ourselves to others, but our healthcare professionals and our support people also sometimes do that too. They compare us to others, you know, so, you know, sometimes it's always in our face, either by ourselves and self inflicted or by someone else.
[00:22:40] Speaker A: So is it about managing expectations? Both us as amputees, but also like you say, health care providers and support people. Is that what it comes down to?
[00:22:51] Speaker B: Yeah, you have to manage expectations. Exactly. Because you know, you have to. I would go into a patient's home and they're like, I'm never going to walk like you. And I'm like, wait a minute, I just got here. You haven't even had your prosthesis yet. So it's like you kind of have to bring people down to. It's like, you know, baby steps. Whether, and I'm using baby steps, but whether it's upper or lower extremity, you know, it's just you have to step back and as long as you're in this process, you're moving forward and maybe having small setbacks, it's okay. But if you start feeling stuck, that's where there's an issue.
[00:23:30] Speaker A: More pet peeves. I know another one. And this probably ties to the comparison influencers.
[00:23:35] Speaker B: Yeah, well, influencers are out there to influence. But it's like if you're an amputee and you're looking and someone is out and they're maybe saying, oh, you have prosthetic problems, fit problems for a lower limb amputee or upper, maybe you need invasive surgery.
And I'm like, wait a minute, why do they need it if they have socket fit problems? Why aren't we addressing the root cause of the socket problem?
Is it an amputee issue? Is it, they need a thicker liner, more padding, a smaller socket, lighter components. Like, what is the reason?
And that's one of the things, because a lot of amputees are desperate.
You know, we want to fix us, and, you know, we're all different, so we're all going in different directions. You start buying things. Well, my leg hurts. So this says it's going to pad and relieve pressure, but some of those things can actually cause pressure.
So, you know, I encourage amputees to reach out to me, and I will walk them through if a product is, you know, good for them or not, you know, based on. Sometimes something is described as, you know, a sock or something, a cushion liner, when really it's not. So it's like, you know, I'd rather them reach out to me than to buy something that now they're stuck with.
[00:25:08] Speaker A: Yeah, no, I understand.
Well, we are always looking for a solution. Right. But sometimes. I'm hearing you, we're not examining the problem close enough before we're looking for alternatives. You being a practitioner, a prosthetist, orthotist and technician, still certified. I mean, you're, you're not practicing, so to speak, but you, you hold that certification.
[00:25:31] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:25:32] Speaker A: So we can talk about practitioners a little bit from a authoritative standpoint. I, I, I know it bothers you, too, that your colleagues, let's say some, not all, some may not always account for our lived experience. And you talked about active listening, and I want to explore that a little bit more. But on that point of not accounting for our lived experience, what do you mean by that?
[00:25:59] Speaker B: Well, I mean, when an amputee who's already has even one year of wearing a prosthesis and moving around their own home or out in the community, you know, they get some feedback. You know, so they, they know what they need. They can, when they're explaining that they're falling or their prosthesis is sliding off and someone has fallen 75 times in several months, you know, that needs to be addressed. You know, it's not the amputee's problem of the amputee is not trying hard enough.
They need to get stronger.
It's because the amputees start self blaming themselves rather than thinking that it's a prosthetic problem.
So I think, and it's okay if practitioners do not have experience, but they, they should listen and they should be able to absorb and just sit back and listen to what the amputees, you know, describing, you know, and not just assume that the amputee is not working hard enough.
[00:27:08] Speaker A: Let's expound on that a little bit. And we are talking about relationships, unique relationships between a prosthetist, orthotist, an amputee or orthotic wearer. And I would imagine sometimes the relationship, it, it's just not going to, to blossom. There's, there's, there's roadblocks and it's not easy to change process and, and I know when I'm having mechanical problems it's easy to blame my prosthetist and he knows that I, I, I, I share that with him. That's just projection on my part. And I have a very good relationship with money and wouldn't want to change for the record. But sometimes it comes a point where I guess you need to. But before you get to that point, how do you save a relationship or what are some of the keys to that prosthetist, patient quote unquote or client relationship?
[00:28:02] Speaker B: Well, like you said, it's a, it's a lifelong relationship for as long as the person wants to wear a prosthesis. So what, what I encourage people to do is go and really have a sit down with their prosthetist and explain what's happening. Because I think one of the problems, and let's put this under the pet peeve, a lot of prosthetic companies send in peer visitors to see the amputee in the hospital post op.
So now the amputee is vulnerable and starts to, you know, they're meeting for the first time, sometimes an amputee. So now they develop, you know, a personal relationship with this person, you know, because it's the first amputee they meet. So that's where the whole relationship with the prosthetic company starts.
So it's very difficult when an amputee wants to leave or is having trouble.
Sometimes they just avoid appointments, you know, because it is a relationship and they, they feel bad like they're going through a breakup and that's the way people explain it to me. So my first thing is to have the amputee go back and have a conversation and tell them how everything has changed since the beginning when they first met their company and their company rep.
So that's the starting point. And if really nothing changes from there, that's when the amputee has to be, you know, strong and make a decision for themselves to, you know, maybe ask first if there's another prosthetist in the building or in the company that they could see, you know, who could come in and take another look. You know, just trying to salvage the relationship, you know, so that you're not just leaving. Because a lot of things happen with leaving. Maybe the next company can't make the prosthesis because it's not going to be covered, you know, and you might have out of pocket expenses. So there's a lot of reasons to try to salvage the relationship if you can. But it takes communication on by both people, not just the amputee. You know, the prosthetist has to be willing to listen as well.
[00:30:26] Speaker A: And for you, we're talking about you specifically, we can't talk for others. But is that welcomed or were you receptive to that? If, if you encountered that scenario where respectfully, your client or patient sits down and says, we need to talk, does that work?
[00:30:45] Speaker B: Absolutely. And I'll tell you, I used to see, because my, the way I practiced was different because I was always in where the patient was with their physical therapist, occupational therapist, so there was always another person involved. So I would bring in another prosthetist and say, hey, what do you think about this? You know, I did that a lot even when I was a technician. Prosthetist would bring me in and say, hey, what do you think about this? You know, and this way we had a team looking at the person. Not just one person, just a quick example. We had three people. This amputee came in, they were walking, and it was click, click, click, click, click. As they were walking. We're all looking down on the floor, listening. And then all of a sudden the guy took his keys out, you know, emptying his pockets. And then we realized there was a tack stuck in his shoe. So it's like it just takes more than one eye sometimes to see what the issue is.
[00:31:51] Speaker A: Guess that's kind of like asking for a second opinion, which I don't know if doctors like that or not, but teamwork, right?
[00:32:00] Speaker B: Yes, absolutely. With different eyes. Because sometimes as a process, we're looking at certain things, you know, and that's why the amputees input is so important too. Well, did you change your Shoes, you know, were you walking in a different environment? You know, just asking questions and trying to get feedback. What changed from the last time you were here?
[00:32:24] Speaker A: Right. For new amputees, that's a little bit more difficult because you don't know what you don't know.
[00:32:29] Speaker B: Right, exactly, exactly.
And that's another value of the group.
My amputees preparing amputees for life. Because we have amputees that are all different levels of amputation, have been amputees different times, lengths of time.
So it's very valuable to be in the room. We have people joining who aren't amputees yet.
So very valuable to get people pre amputation, you know, to explain the process, because when they do go for their initial consultation or casting, they know questions to ask already.
So it's, it's very empowering to be part of a group that's actually amputees preparing amputees for life.
[00:33:18] Speaker A: So back to your amputee coach. My, my amputee coaching question. What do you do? Well, here's a great example of if you had somebody that, like yourself or, or. Or someone else that could be that second set of eyes with, with that kind of experience that, that you bring. And I guess that takes a little bit of the pressure or the emotion out of saying to your prosthetist, yeah, I'm not, I'm not happy you. You can do that for us, right?
[00:33:48] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. I'll. I will talk to prosthetist, you know, talk to the therapist. I talk on. Anyone on the amputee, you know, on their behalf and with them, because this is so valuable, being able to do something virtually. I can be right in the room with somebody who's in Washington state, you know, or who's up in Canada. So it's like I can be everywhere, you know.
[00:34:13] Speaker A: Yeah. The beauty of zoom or whatever you use. Right.
I got one more for you, Lynn, and it ties into something you said already earlier about being seen and actively heard. And when we've talked before, you said that's, that's probably some of the best advice that, that you can give any amputee. Be seen, be actively heard. So what do you mean by that? And maybe more importantly, how does someone ensure that they are seen and that they are actively heard?
[00:34:45] Speaker B: Well, one of the things is, you know, communication. So when you go to your healthcare team, whether it's prosthetist, physical therapist, you know, you have to explain what's happening to you. You have to be. And what I say about being heard and seen is that when you explain to your healthcare team what's going on, you expect something to happen. Either an adjustment, padding, you know, a different way of doing exercises. Like you expect something in return of you, you know, presenting a problem.
And I guess that's where it is. It shouldn't be always like, okay, take it home and try it.
Pet peeve, take it home and try it. Or you have to work harder in therapy. You have to do your exercises at home. This is all things that puts it back on the amputee. The amputee, most likely all amputees who have an amputation want to go back to life as close as possible to pre amputation life.
So that's our goals.
So your providers need to listen. And like I said, there has to be a give and take. You're explaining what's happening.
They have to do something. There has to be a repair, you know, a change in alignment, added padding in the socket, maybe a different liner that's padded. Because sometimes we get these thin liners that don't have any padding. So maybe it's easier to get on, but then it's not giving you any, protecting your bones, you know, so. Or any padding. So those are things that you really have to talk, be brave enough to talk and then get. Not a solution. It doesn't have to be a full solution because we know this is a process, but there has to be at least some kind of an adjustment or a plan.
[00:36:44] Speaker A: Got it, Got it. Maybe just one more. If someone doesn't have an amputee coach, I would imagine peer support, it would really lean into educating, giving guidance, giving hope, talk about that.
[00:37:02] Speaker B: Okay, so peer support is wonderful. Advocacy is wonderful as long as they're working on behalf of the amputee.
Because sometimes it gets a little bit skewed where someone looks like they're working on your behalf, but they're really not.
So you have to make sure when you interview someone who's going to be your advocate, you know, or your peer mentor, you know, or peer support, you want to make sure that that person is truly working on your behalf.
So I guess that's one of the biggest things.
[00:37:37] Speaker A: Great point, Great point.
Lots of great points. Thank you very much for, for taking the time and sharing a really unique lens, I guess, or life experience, you being on both sides of the, of the clinic.
Clinic.
[00:37:55] Speaker B: Thank you. This is so valuable. I appreciate you, Jeff.
Thank you.
[00:38:00] Speaker A: Thanks Lynn. Listen to get in touch with you Contacting Lynn.
It is Lynn L Y n
[email protected] if you wanted to schedule a coaching session or a consultation, go to our website, lifelongprosthetics. And the extension there for a coaching session is you can book.
Sorry, youcanbook me. So lifelongprosthetics, youcanbook me and I'll throw it back to you. Lynn, on the Amputees Preparing Amputees for Life, that support group, how would someone find that?
[00:38:38] Speaker B: Okay, so we're on Facebook.
There's Amputees Preparing Amputees for Life.
The four Life is the number four life.
And we also have a new group which is Amputees Preparing Amputees for Life for Single leg Above Knee Amputees. And they're both Facebook groups. So once you join, you can get the information for our Zoom meetings, which meet on Sundays at 11 and Mondays at 7pm every week.
[00:39:11] Speaker A: Eastern time, I would imagine.
[00:39:12] Speaker B: Eastern time, yes.
[00:39:13] Speaker A: Okay. All right. Important for the. The breadth of our countries with time.
[00:39:18] Speaker B: Right? Right.
[00:39:19] Speaker A: Lynn, thanks so much. This has been wonderful.
Just such valuable information and I really appreciate you sharing it.
[00:39:27] Speaker B: Thank you, Jeff.
[00:39:29] Speaker A: So with that, this has been life and limb. Thank you all for listening. And as you know, you can read about others who are thriving with limb loss or limb difference and plenty
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