If you could give one piece of advice to new amputee? What would you say or share? What secret to getting started on their new journey would you give?

Risk factors that contribute to this disease (type 2 diabetes) including a sedentary lifestyle, poor eating habits, high blood pressure and cholesterol, family history, genetics and age make diabetes a silent, insidious threat.

Risk factors that contribute to this disease (type 2 diabetes) including a sedentary lifestyle, poor eating habits, high blood pressure and cholesterol, family history, genetics and age make diabetes a silent, insidious threat.

Today we have a very special guest on the show. I had an opportunity to speak with via Skype. I hope you will turn in to hear Samoana Matagi, aka “The No-Handed Bandit”.

On December 13, 2010, Sam was involved in an electrical accident while working as a power lineman in Kremmling, Colorado. In a split second, nearly 15,000 volts of electricity surged through his body when a scrap of cut wire hit a live wire.

The No-Handed Bandit makes videos for amputees and their families, showing how to progress from coping to understanding to achievement through videos demonstrating successful methods.

Today we have a very special guest on the show. I had an opportunity to speak with via Skype. I hope you will turn in to hear Samoana Matagi, aka “The No-Handed Bandit”.

On December 13, 2010, Sam was involved in an electrical accident while working as a power lineman in Kremmling, Colorado. In a split second, nearly 15,000 volts of electricity surged through his body when a scrap of cut wire hit a live wire.

The No-Handed Bandit makes videos for amputees and their families, showing how to progress from coping to understanding to achievement through videos demonstrating successful methods.

There is a lot going on out there in the world and amputees are a big part of it. Let's look at talk about some of those stories.

There is a lot going on out there in the world and amputees are a big part of it. Let's look at talk about some of those stories.

A discussion about the movie "Skyscraper" with Katy Sullivan and Dave Ganas.

A discussion about the movie "Skyscraper" with Katy Sullivan and Dave Ganas.

There is an abundance of medical research regarding the preoperative and postoperative physical rehabilitation of the amputee and a comparatively sparse amount on the psychosocial aspects of the healing process.

Let’s take a look at amputee peer support and why it is so important, why it should be part of the normal care process for new amputees.