Mark your clalendar!

Meeting Dates

05/19/2010

All of our Amputee Support Group meetings are held in the Patient Dining Room on the 4Th floor at Waccamaw Community Hospital.

For more info contact:
Kay Price, LMSW at 843-652-1395
or
 Alex Lyons, CPO at 845-347-5800

 

Pro golfer who lost part of leg ready for return

"...Ken Green lost part of his lower right leg last June following an auto accident that took the life of his brother, his longtime girlfriend and his dog.

Then when the PGA Tour's former No. 1 thorn was starting to recuperate physically and mentally, Green's 21-year-old son, Hunter, was discovered dead in his SMU dorm room last January. An autopsy said Hunter died from a combination of alcohol and prescription drugs.

'It was a brutal hit to the body and brain,' Ken Green said.

Not even Green understands how he pressed on to this week.
'I don't know, to be honest with you, how I managed to say, 'Okay, I'm going to still keep fighting the fight and go out there and try and play golf.'"

But there was Green, joking with his pro-am partners in a mock gripe about a lack of respect as one sailed a drive past Green's ball on the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort.

There's been little for Green to laugh at since that horrific crash.
Green was riding with his brother Billy, his girlfriend Jeannie Hodgin, and his dog Nip on June 8, when the RV his brother drove blew a tire and went off Interstate 20 near Hickory, Miss, hitting a tree.
Green doesn't remember the accident, something he's grateful for..."

 

• 185,000 amputations occur each year.
• 60 percent of all amputations are preventable.
• Diabetes and vascular disease are the leading causes of limb loss and major drivers of increased limb loss incidence in the U.S.
• Leg amputations alone account for more than $250 million each year in healthcare costs.
• 75 percent of acquired pediatric amputations are from trauma - most notable is that, on average, 600 children lose a limb due to a lawnmower accident each year.
• Minorities are at higher risk for limb loss - African Americans are four times more likely to lose a lower limb than Caucasians of similar age and gender.
• As you age, your risk increases for limb loss, especially if you are an African American over the age of 35.
• Amputee care is not consistent throughout the U.S. Studies show inpatient rehabilitation care following amputation significantly reduces re-amputation and mortality, but not all healthcare systems include inpatient rehab care for amputees.

Read on for the ACA's Four-Point Action Plan!

Q. I' need a new prosthesis.  How long will it take to get my prosthesis?

A. The average below-knee definitive prosthesis requires 10 appointments for fitting and delivery. An average above-knee definitive prosthesis requires 15 appointments. A temporary prosthesis requires approximately 5 appointments. We never promise that we will complete your prosthesis in less time than this, but we will promise that you will receive the absolute best care possible.