does anyboyd have any information on schaolrships that are available for amputees? in comp class we are filling out scholarships and im looking for ones that i could apply for!

prom is in four weeks!

on my friend Anna's golden birthday, October 17th, we( me, anna, bryant, kristen, robin, brady scottie, randy, mike, josh and.....i think thats it!) all congregated at her house for a little party. we were down stairs getting to watch the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW when Anna mentioned that she had gotten her 17 spankings from her sister and that her sister had hit her really hard. i commented on the fact that i hadnt gotten my spankings since i was 15. add it up 16 + 17 = 33 spankings. so bryant, being the generous person he is, proceeded to HIT me super hard on my butt. leaving a WELT!

i started to chases after him and he yelled at me I HOPE YOUR BREAKS IN HALF!!!!! we made it up the stairs and i was gaining on him when i herd this CRACK and i went flying. my leg was in TWO PIECES! the socket was still attached to my leg. but the foot and pole....were on the other side of the living room.

after we all had a good laugh bryant apologized thru his laughing and his tears.

thanks bryant!

A week ago * almost* i posted about how there was a support group and that i was going to ge. well i went.

first off i was the youngest, no i was the youngest one there. and im not talking youngest by a few years, im talking DECADES! lol. not to be rude. but the next closet person was at least 3 decades older than me, and i was a little uncomfortable with the fact that everyone there could have been my parent, grandparent or in one case my GREAT grandparent.

but it was good for me. everyone had stories to share about life and how its been for them and how they have dealt with life as an amputee. i thought i was going to be the one whod been an amputee the longest because of all the amputees i no, i am! 17 years is a long time and i thought i had *won* that award.

well i was wrong. the really sweet guy next to me had been an amputee for 53 years, an the lady across from me had been on for 60! that was and is quite a long way off from mine.

so it was good for me, and i enjoyed it. the only part that was hard on me was being the baby, literally. so if there are any support groups in your area, go to them. it might benefit you more then you know.

Growing up for me there wasnt adn isnt alot of people i know personally to talk to when im feeling down. i dont mean like life stuff, well kind of i do. i mean about my leg. sometimes i just want to give up because the road i am traveling seems to be getting longer as i get older and learn more about my leg adn the *situtation* that i am in.

through the hospital that i go to * Altru*, i just found out recently that there is a support group for other amputees and family of amuptees to go to for, haha SUPPORT! i called the lady, Mrs. Carol Nolte, and she told me everything there is to know about it. and i want to go, in fact i am tonight, but i dont think i belong there. i am an amputee yes, but i dont think im an emotionally distraught person who hasnt come to terms with this yet. i have been an smputee for 17 years this Feb. i think i have dealt with it long enough to deal with it on my own,

any other advice for me? have any of you gone to one of these?

HELP!