Amputees want more help for limb loss mental anguish

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Barrie Evans, who felt suicidal after losing his leg, is calling for greater support for amputees.

"I just had nothing to live for," he said.

She spent months in a cast and had multiple operations which all failed before her leg was amputated below the knee in August 2017.Katherine has type 1 diabetes which can increase someone's risk of fractures One night she was putting her young daughter to bed and her alarm went off to say her blood sugar levels were low.Thankfully her wife also heard the alarm and woke up and forced her to eat.

He has type 2 diabetes and lost his leg in August after damaging his toes when he tripped over after going to a rugby match. Barrie wants to see a number of things put in place to support new amputees, including to see mental health teams getting involved with a patient before the amputation. "When you come out of the hospital there is no support anywhere. I looked, I looked for months," he said.He also wants information given to amputees about where to get support before they leave hospital.

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