Amputation patient talk
Unfortunately we havent yet perfected the art of limb synthesis quite like certain salamanders or even the ability to synthesise entire new organ systems from a single limb as similarily as starfish. Due to certain conditions such as necrotizing fasciitis (giving rise to ganrgene) or severe trauma etc. a limb or part of the body may be unrepairable, similar to "writing off"a car. It often causes much larger issues NOT to remove the necrotizing limb i.e poor circulation affecting the rest of the body via thromboses, not to even mention the psychological trauma of what is effectively now part of a cadaver permanently attatched to the patient.
Sadly, many people do not get the option to keep their limb/limbs. Giles Duley will be visiting our school tommorow, a reporter and photographer wroking out in afganhistan he unfortunately stepped on an IED and lost three limbs as a result of the blast. His Surgeon, Shehan Hettiaratchy, tells us in the interview with him (which i shall embed at the bottom of the page) that the tissue is quite literally "ripped away from the body" and the large concern was the dirt and afghan ditch water that was driven into his body, possibly leading to gangrene. As a result Giles now takes photographs using his "stump" as all prosthesis offered to him seemd to not be helpful with his photography. Fortunately he can now walk with the aid of two leg prosthesis and presumably much rehabilitation treatment.