My name is Kerri Trammel and I am a left below-the-knee 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 double-booked 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 over-the-road 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 out-of-town 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 second-hand 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 post-op and am completely pain-free. I play with my kids, I wear my leg 15hrs every day.

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