Phantom toes 😱

#Prosthetic #Leg #Amputee

[horsemenoftheapocalypse]

Brain: Left arm
Left Arm: Here
Brain: Right Arm
Brain: Left Leg
Left Leg: Present
Brain: Right Leg....Right Leg? Oh wise guy eh, well how do u like this

*commence agonizing pain*

[fredking]

I am a double above the knee amputee. I have found that if I tence the muscles at the end of my stump it blocks the pain but sometimes it returns and I have to do it again. Hope this helps others.

[kathysteffek]

Just wanted to thank you for sharing this type of stuff with us. My husband (who passed away a yr ago from complications from his diabetes)- was a below the knee amputee. Watching you on your channel helped me understand some of what he was going through. He would never go into specific details like you do. So sometimes I didn't understand how he could have pain in his lower leg that wasn't even there! But you explain it/explained it so well. Helped me to be more empathetic for him. You're doing a great service. ❤

[jxaby]

Your brain doesn't know your foot is gone. There are still nerves in your leg sending impulses to your brain that your brain interprets as coming from where your foot used to be. Makes perfect sense.

[onopuni]

Hey Jo, I love your demeanor, enthusiastic speech patterns made it so much easier for my husband and I to talk about his amputation, Love is the answer, blessings

[velveetaenthusiast]

After a tooth infection that turned into a horrific jaw infection, I had a molar removed! Yay! No more pain once I healed!

Or so I thought

No cap, every time, after being as healed as can be, I tried eating on that side of my mouth, I couldn't because it felt like the tooth was still there and I'd feel the searing pain that occured when my tooth would feel any pressure. Luckily, it stopped a bit ago (which is great because that's also the only side that has a functional canine-- brush your teeth kids!) But sometimes i feel that pain and have to breathe deeply, rub my jaw, actually touch the gum where it used to be so my brain will register that it's gone, etc

[xXxjjTHEjetPLANEXxXx]

All pain happens in the brain. All sensation we experience is a reaction to a stimulus, and in the case of phantom pain, a misfire of the nerves to the brain. Our brain is how we experience sensation, the outside stimulus isn't giving us the pain, but our brain is interpreting the interaction as such. Pain isn't the interaction but the reaction (a message and defense mechanism from the brain saing "UH OH BAD!"). Our nervous system isn't really equipped to compensate in this regard to the loss of a body part, and like she said in her explanation, the map where the little operation man buzzez in the brain doesn't get fully updated. Nerve cells don't do alot of regenerating, which is why nerve damage is often permanent.

[nainasuhana]

I never knew what phantom pain is until I watched about it on your channel..Your positive attitude is very adorable...❤️

[meimei]

It’s so interesting to learn of it all. Aren’t an amputee but reading pins, needles, etc. I can relate a lil since my body is build by ikea manual, so when I sweat I get hundreds of needles on my scalp from some chemical reaction from the sweat// and so many nerves are a lil too close to the edge of my skin 😭 take the funny bone, but it’s allll over you (got hyper mobility too). Since following you Jo I’ve accepted I’ll always be disabled (autism, chronic illness, anything between), and just enjoy life (after a decade of deep depression I’m in my first period not depressed

[ConnorNotyerbidness]

It wasnt until in one of your videos you described you how could still wiggle your toes and feel that sensation that phantom pain fully made sense to me
Sure i understood the concept- neurons missfiring due to not understanding your missing something- but the idea that your brain cant comprehend the fact it is now missing something and treats it like its still there suddenly made the whole idea of phantom pain make sense

[fallenangelrose]

I had my son almost 3 years ago and every now and then I get phantom pregnancy things.

[juanfootjohn]

My phantom pain when it happens is exactly where my first foot injury was. And like you it feels like my foot is still there. I'm wiggling my toes right now.🤪

[anthonynicholson]

As someone who suffers from complex ptsd from listening and witnessing traumatic events for yrs. I experience phantom pain at times during flash backs even though the flash backs are of traumas my clients went through (i was a trauma psychologist, who know suffers from complex/chronic PTSD, mood disorder, major depression and severe anxiety) so even though I didn't suffer the physical injury myself my brain and body is telling that I have injured that part and feels so real and can last as short as a couple of seconds or upto a couple of hours sometimes.

[Vynthos]

Thank you for telling us about these things! It helps me research for a character that I'm writing who's a below-the-elbow amputee, as well as how to respect those with this disability.

[seventhegamingpoptart]

Hey jo your videos have been helping me laugh and learn about your day to day life :)

[sunburst]

Wait, so if u tuck ur nubbin towards ur other leg, does ur phantom foot feel squished under ur other leg?

[kikicogger]

This is a great reminder that symptoms can be real without being easily detectable, something some doctors don’t seem to understand. Just because a panel tests comes back normal doesn’t mean your symptoms aren’t real. They just aren’t detectable by those specific tests and techniques. Instead of assuming someone is “faking” it or discounting their condition of being psychological, people and doctors need to respect and understand the patient, and make a plan to find a diagnosis, handle/treat the disease, or both. This is not saying a psychological disease is any less real or potentially devastating. But it needs to stop being the default for when the doctor is either too ignorant or lazy to determine the real issue(s).

[jennifergilchrist]

I try not to be rude to two-legged people; I know that 98% of them are just curious. Though, I had a nurse in rehab after my second amputation and I was in so much pain in my right toes. She said it was JUST phantom pain and it really didn't exist. I wanted to kick her.🤨

[skater]

In between the toes! Oh man that sounds brutal!! 😭

[shawnbacon]

I feel my MIA left leg constantly, pin point scratches, burns, shocks, etc…
They are real and really suck.