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Maggie's Column

Maggie Parker's first-person essays on life after limb loss — identity, recovery, equipment, and the long quiet work of adapting.

Maggie Parker

18 May '26

I Stand Anyway

When the storm hits, I do not step back. I learn how to hold my ground. On falling, getting back up, and the choice to keep standing.
18 May '26

From Two Wheels to One Step at a Time

From a Canadian biker logging twenty thousand miles a season to a Tennessee amputee — and the identity that survived the road change.
18 May '26

The Cost of the Wrong Equipment

When every step becomes a calculation, and the decision about how far an evening can go is made in paperwork.
18 May '26

Phantom Limb Pain

A connection that never really leaves you — even when everything else is gone.
18 May '26

My First Prosthetic Appointments

Not a fitting. A reality check. On casting, sockets, and the patience the body demands before the mind is ready.
18 May '26

From Surviving to Living: The Mental Shift After Limb Loss

Survival often begins long after the sirens. The mental shift between getting through the day and choosing to live it.
18 May '26

How Someone Becomes an Amputee and What Happens Next

There is no single story. Mine started with a motorcycle accident. But the how matters less than people think.
18 May '26

Being an Amputee Does Not Define Who You Are

On identity-level grief, adaptation, and choosing to be the writer of your own life.

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