My name is Kerri Trammel and I am a left belowtheknee elective amputee. What is an amputee? Elective amputation means the patient, me, is choosing to amputate based on preference with medical need but not a medical necessity.
Today, January 18, 11 years ago, was moving day. My husband and I had to move the bikes from one house to the other. It was freezing. I dressed in several layers and my bike had cold tires. Warm tires are sticky, cold ones aren’t.
I didn’t even make it out of the neighborhood. When we turned at the stop sign, I pinned the throttle and my bike slid out from under me. The metal bars that were supposed to protect my plastics in a wreck landed on my foot and snapped it sideways.
Over the last 10 years, I have had several surgeries trying to restore the function of my foot. For no medical reason or explanation, it froze in a pointed position. This means I had to either walk on my toes which was painful on the joint or I wore heels all day. I continued to work as a doublebooked hairstylist and salon owner for the entire 10 years. I was standing for 8 hours a day in heels then to go home and work on our acre land with animals. On a typical day, I would end up crawling in the evening to finish my day. Then do it all again the next day alone. My husband was an overtheroad truck driver so I didn’t really have the opportunity to rest. I was the only adult around most days.
After countless hours of talking, praying, researching, and asking questions, we scheduled my elective amputation for July 2, 2021.
I spent the months before amputation preparing. My friends donated frozen food to us and filled our freezer. My mom set up an Amazon gift card list so our outoftown family and friends could send food gift cards to us. This was the most important part of the preparation we did! I can’t stress enough to have food ready for your family.
We researched and bought secondhand medical equipment that insurance didn’t cover like a knee scooter, shower chair, ADA hand rails, iwalk, heating pad, and crutches. Insurance paid for my wheelchair so we got that before the amputation.
I am now 6 months postop and am completely painfree. I play with my kids, I wear my leg 15hrs every day.

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01:18 Amputee story
01:33 Amputee revisits the scene of the accident
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13:03 Amputee gets prosthetic
14:26 Amputee message to family members and friends

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