This video came up under the search heading "body integrity dysphoria". It has nothing whatsoever to do with this very articulate young woman's extremely difficult and brave decision in the face of chronic acute pain. YT algorithms are not always appropriately discriminating.
@Mary-vw8gh2 жыл бұрын
Same!!! I searched "Transabled" and this was the 4th video on the list.
@cheese-i8x2 жыл бұрын
Same
@troye.13092 жыл бұрын
I'm offered "Rap" music ALL the time and I don't listen to ANY music on YT🤔.
@aldranzam34562 жыл бұрын
I mean, BIID is also a very real neurological condition.
@jamessv5020 Жыл бұрын
Right you are! I came here looking for info on BIID. This lady opted to have her leg amputated for reasons that had nothing to do with BIID. Hers was a brave, unavoidable at best, decision anyone, who WAS normal physically, would ever have to make.
@kikithepupper67744 жыл бұрын
I think she had every reason to make that decision. The leg didn't even work and caused her so much pain she was bedridden.
@whispercars306 Жыл бұрын
I am surprised they can't just numb that leg so there is no feeling with meds and then you just walk without pain in that leg.
@4rumani Жыл бұрын
@@whispercars306you're not very bright are you?
@whispercars306 Жыл бұрын
@@4rumani You can take strong pain killers that mask the pain in the leg, giving you the ability to use the limb.
@OO-bh8jg11 ай бұрын
@@whispercars306 i think it’s partly a safety hazard to just walk around unable to feel your leg. What if you stand on a rusty nail and don’t realise for way too long?
@1leggedmedia10 ай бұрын
I can tell you that the pain meds help with pain but do not in anyway make you pain free I have the same thing she does and it is crippling pain. I am having my leg removed in February or sooner if they can get me in
@shelbi46542 жыл бұрын
As someone with CRPS I completely understand why she made this decision. I’m mad it came up when I searched for body integrity disorder. You’re very strong and brave
@drcidd81532 жыл бұрын
At least she had a valid reason. Instead of "I just feel like I need to have 1 leg instead of 2"
@troye.13092 жыл бұрын
I stepped in a Rutt in my driveway and broke my ankle in 1991. I had 7 surgeries trying to fix it with no luck. I was tired of taking all the narcotics for pain so I decided to have my left leg amputated below the knee in 1999. I don't regret doing it but I wouldn't make that same choice again.
@coastaf Жыл бұрын
Feels like you live a life directed by bigger purpose than most of us. Your honesty’s inspiring - viva
@doctor.hedronАй бұрын
why would you choose differently today?
@arcticeditz61212 ай бұрын
My heart goes out for her. ❤❤❤ Good for her for taking the steps she needed. ❤❤❤ She is so so so brave. ❤❤❤ Keep going!❤❤❤ You are such an inspiration!!! ❤❤❤ Have a great day!!! ❤❤❤
@sebastianstyles97503 жыл бұрын
She’s really brave and intelligent, I love how she makes life sound simple it’s kind of refreshing. Very determined and strong minded. Good work
@kacperkrakowski5 жыл бұрын
She can compete for the Paralympics
@sharonshamedje Жыл бұрын
I've had the privilege to know this young lady through our Athletics club. Helena is inspirational especially as I'm a full time carer for my mum who had her left arm amputated as a result of a car accident. Another brave & inspirational woman.
@harrisidris58363 жыл бұрын
This is very inspiring❤️. Rather than the BIID that I've been watching, those make me sick 🤮. She did this so she could enjoy her life rather than being bedbound
@coda76263 жыл бұрын
BIID is a mental disorder. The sufferers have no control over it and it is very debilitating.
@franz.francisco Жыл бұрын
@@coda7626 seconded, it isn't a choice or "disgusting" at all
@RayDrawzDragonz5 ай бұрын
don't call disabled people inspiring for just existing, its so belittling.
@beibhinnnnn5 жыл бұрын
Damn, brave girl.
@crieverytim4 жыл бұрын
I have nerve damage and extreme RLS. i've definitely considered having them amputated :/
@arthurmead53414 жыл бұрын
That would be hot
@firstnamelastnamed74102 жыл бұрын
@@arthurmead5341 laughing my fu$kin a&& oof????
@bunnymcbunnyface4750 Жыл бұрын
I didn't think it was going to be a good decision but it actually looks like the best decision someone could make
@Chirpingcherub2 жыл бұрын
The title is quite misleading she has a medical condition which led her to either be in pain or “choose” amputation
@Treemeadow3 ай бұрын
My concern with CRS amputation is whether the pain is centrally neuropathic or locally- if the pain is localised, then removal helps. If the pain is from miscommunication between the nervous system and brain, amputation could do nothing to stop the pain. Obvs it's got to be assessed case by case
@trevorserfontein83992 жыл бұрын
Good morning Lady! What a brave and logical decision you had to make! I had to have my left leg amputated above the knee due to diabetes and getting gangrene! I've adapted very well too it AND it's NOT the end of the world! My wife's friend is living with a spider bitten leg for about twenty years now..but she's refusing amputation and prefers to drag this useless leg around with her! I must use your video to try and motivate her! I'm very agile with mine while I patiently wait for a prosthetic leg! It's just another way of life to adapt to! Strongs and best wishes to you! 💪👍🤝
@Xypci9 ай бұрын
how are you now after the amputation?
@MaiPoirotАй бұрын
She's so brave!❤
@danwells59462 жыл бұрын
I've tried everything. I have been wheelchair bound though my crps, I now have to beg the nhs to take my lower leg off as the way I see it, if its not successful and I'm still in pain, I'm already in a wheelchair so it's definitely worth the risk, it's nickname is the "suicide disease" due to countless hours and days crying in pain in bed, even on a pain meds cocktail that could sedate an elephant, it doesn't touch it, I now live alone on the sofa when I used to be an outgoing hardworking guy. I really hope the nhs start taking patient's seriously that want... no need an amputation to save their lives in more ways then one...
@OneStepToDeath4206 ай бұрын
How are you doing a year later?
@fafakk72754 жыл бұрын
Poor mom poor parents, thats really sad.
@marieked5 ай бұрын
What’s even more sad is watching your child suffer with severe chronic pain that comes from CRPS that she had, and risked still having to some degree with phantom limb pain.
@kevinhamling1963 Жыл бұрын
G'day Helena, I think what you decided to do is incredibly brave. I have CRPS due to a work accident 11.5 years ago. I put a drill through my left hand. Subsequently my fingers have become all disfigured plus pain throughout my body. Q. Do you get fantom pain due to your amputation. Thanks for sharing ✌️ Peace from Melbourne Australia.
@ROCKINGMAN Жыл бұрын
You can still have a great and full life Helena. I would think this is nowhere near the worst thing that can happen to a person.
@Yeoldepimpe8 ай бұрын
Not was what I was looking for. Brave woman go kick ass
@davidcolledge79145 жыл бұрын
How do you go shopping for shoes they come in pairs of shoes what do you do with the other shoe
@thechildrenoftherev02 жыл бұрын
Team up with another amputee & go halfsies
@WalkingthePathlondon5 ай бұрын
Brave girl ❤️❤️
@jamesrichardson5162 Жыл бұрын
Hello I am James I had job work injury riple fractures and had operation metal screws and plate a devolep into complex regional pain syndrome and no foot feeling a movement I am wanting lower leg Amputation did you go private or NHS as need some advice
@amycarter63375 жыл бұрын
holy moly that must of hurt a bunch if she had to get it amputated!
@tellemcorey25795 жыл бұрын
Strong spirit
@watchgoose4 жыл бұрын
why not do a permanent nerve block? It's been done before.
@Blissfulnessence2 жыл бұрын
Nerve blocks won't stop tissue from dying. Sepsis could set in.
@transamination Жыл бұрын
@@Blissfulnessence You what? The specialist said the leg was perfectly normal healthy tissue. The problem was in her head.
@Blissfulnessence Жыл бұрын
@@transamination Th8s was a year ago. I don't even remember context here. 😬
@HolySpiritActivated Жыл бұрын
@@transamination what? She was bedbound with a chronic pain condition did u even watch any
@georgiamackinlay5706 Жыл бұрын
@@transaminationit's not in her head actually, the problem is in her nerves and nervous system. CRPS affects the vascular system as well and can lead to ulceration and infection
@aussie_philosopher807910 ай бұрын
I'd rather die any day rather than have a limb amputated.
@pfkbgd-n2z4 жыл бұрын
WTF at 22 years old she decided to have her leg amputated ??? she looks 16 now
@troyrobinson49492 жыл бұрын
I got my right leg amputated above the knee due to PAD vascular disease 2 years still don't like it
@lily4813ds Жыл бұрын
can she still do her sport? If not why?
@dudechill486Ай бұрын
Why make the title so misleading?
@Chronically_JBoo2 жыл бұрын
I am laying in bed my feet aren't touching anything and the CRPS IS STRONG AF rn. I understand where she's coming from.
@cate01a18 күн бұрын
yeah makes sense - wasnt working and was debilitating thought at the start they got it amputated just because they preferred having one leg as opposed to two functioning ones
@Xypci9 ай бұрын
my moms having an amputation and i’m very worried about her
@DavidWheeler852 жыл бұрын
FOOTLESS JO SENT. ME HERE!
@Theguywhoasked869 Жыл бұрын
do a give away
@thecraftycyborg9024 Жыл бұрын
The problem with amputating CRPS limbs is that it never leaves you CRPS-free. The disease is still there and it will eventually strike another limb. So you’ve lost a limb for nothing in the end. Signed, Someone who’s had CRPS for 18 years, severe full body for 8 of those
@qwerty-zj7nm2 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@michelsmet26119 ай бұрын
I recently heard of a belgian paraplegic guy who asked to have his legs amputated - and he obtained the amputation - the surgery was paid by social services ...
@Mrworkout21328 күн бұрын
🙏🙏
@rozalina531 Жыл бұрын
Brave lady 💯 👏🏻
@1leggedmedia10 ай бұрын
Hello i have crps or rsd as well and after 17 years of living with a leg what doesnt work at the knee turns red purple hot cold and is nothing but pain all the time but much worst at night . I am having an above the knee amputation. Thank you for your story it helped me make the choice. But i do need to ask a few thing. How is the pain after? Can you use a prosthetic? Do you feel this made it better or worst? Here in the state pain management has become difficult to get as people abused the system so real pain patients suffer
@LuckyEagle640 Жыл бұрын
Can they not do physical therapy for this?
@carlogagnon23324 жыл бұрын
So beatiful 🔥❤
@Liam-m9o7 ай бұрын
do a give away 😊
@jillmondt5398 Жыл бұрын
I think she got screwed.
@AndrzejLondyn5 жыл бұрын
I was born without legs. I wish I had both... I could play football, cycling on normal bicycle. I wonder if she like me goes to Job Centre for work related activities every now and then.
@mtube17205 жыл бұрын
Andrew bless you champion absolute legend
@AndrzejLondyn5 жыл бұрын
@@mtube1720 Thank you for your nice words. Although I'm not fully understand her decision, my neighbour put himself on a railway track and he lost his left leg. Maybe I was a kind of his "weird inspiration". He always adored my wheelchair.
@adonaiyah21965 жыл бұрын
@@AndrzejLondyn What do you mean
@AndrzejLondyn5 жыл бұрын
@@adonaiyah2196 thx I corrected it.
@adonaiyah21965 жыл бұрын
@@AndrzejLondyn though I don't think he should amputate himself you are an inspiration
@VoidHalo4 ай бұрын
What a misleading an exploitative video. I expect nothing less from The Anything But Learning Channel.
@dingo58429 ай бұрын
I would think that with all the surgical mistakes you hear about being made these days, as a man, the worse mistake a doctor could make with me would be if he were to amputate the wrong head.
@vixxa2 жыл бұрын
Madness
@tamsirsylla38944 жыл бұрын
Je t'aime
@Alexandrius_Caesar3 жыл бұрын
What the hell kind of knee injury requires you to get your entire leg amputated? Something doesn’t seem to be adding up. It’s not like she had a bacterial infection that caused immense necrosis.
@dissadistfied3 жыл бұрын
like she said, the Complex regional pain syndrome
@keleighshepherd3452 жыл бұрын
CRPS essentially means your body treats the effected limb like an invader and evokes a immune response (swelling, the blotchy skin you can see on her leg etc), as well as literally changing they way our brain is wired with regards to that limb. For me, this means I have poor proprioception of my left leg, agonising pain like someone has shoved a nail through my heel, I can't feel most of my foot and the bit I can feel currently feels like it is located about 3 inches to the right of where it is. I have phantom pain in a limb I still own. My sleep is disrupted nearly every night due to pain and I haven't walked without crutches for a decade. It is not a healthy limb at this point. There is no going back, no remission no positive outcome if you are left like this lass. For me, I'm pursuing the same outcome as the subject of this video. I'd rather lose the limb, have a prosthetic foot that I know I can trust and in the longer term walk without crutches, able to hold my girlfriend's hand. Little quality of life things that add up to being more able with less body.
@prettydollswagg2 жыл бұрын
What doctor would actually allow amputation of a healthy like
@rachele73982 жыл бұрын
one that considers quality of life that doesnt have someone in pain like they where.
@hannahmac84832 жыл бұрын
A doctor who has gone to school and understands the benefits of this procedure, and not some random on yt with an opinion
@HolySpiritActivated Жыл бұрын
No one said she was healthy. Did u base all ur Intel off the title? She was in chronic pain and bedridden from a severe injury.
@bobbobbington3615 Жыл бұрын
She looks exactly how I anticipated.
@realfrankiegrande Жыл бұрын
what? you anticipated she’d only have one leg? it’s in the title dude
@HolySpiritActivated Жыл бұрын
Please explain
@izzycolors701022 күн бұрын
wdym
@SleeperAgent13 жыл бұрын
She gets cheaper shoes now
@jlm31243 ай бұрын
You can still go in the Olympics. Don't give up on your dreams.
@AverageIsopod Жыл бұрын
Look most people don’t understand why people with BIID are into having a disability, it’s not because they think it’s *cool* but because they kinda sexualize it in a way, over the helplessness over it or the inability to do something.
@teguhf.2084 Жыл бұрын
This is like someone changing their gender, and choose to do it because of their desire
@xienela Жыл бұрын
Exactly my thoughts.
@RayDrawzDragonz5 ай бұрын
as someone who's trans and being faced with a decision to amputate a limb due to medical reasons (although undecided), this analogy is bs. both of these are for life improvement, transitioning makes one more comfortable with their body, and improves mental health. And chosen amputation can be for many reasons, in this case of the video its due to the pain of having the limb. you are very uneducated on both topics.
@smoker6683 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic propaganda BBC
@apsomething6 ай бұрын
Stop writing all that she is brave, nothing brave here.
@SheRaNur3 жыл бұрын
As a high qualificated intelligent strong yet tired woman, Sometimes Im jealous about stupid housewives as the have a simple life, no time pressure as someone takes care of them anyways... what's this illness? Constantly Burnout😅😅🤯🤔🥵💪😉
@jzk20205 жыл бұрын
faker
@omgfandomfan4 жыл бұрын
C. Lincoln you okay?
@skyjack14 жыл бұрын
I don't think a real documented person can fake an amputation.