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having the courage to share my story.

miapeters September 29th, 2021

Hi everyone, My name is Mia. I am a post grad student, and engineer. I am also a triple amputee. I lost both legs above the knee and my right arn above the elbow back in 2019 due to a bacterial infection- meningitis. I also lost complete control of my bladder and bowels. It was a rough couple of years but I made it I guess and I have a long way to go.


Recently my incontinence has been really difficult to manage and it has not been the easiest topic to discuss with people. I spend some time on communities such as the message boards on nafc.org which is the 'national association for continence' and I reached out to them with my story and it made one of their stories.

https://www.nafc.org/bhealth-blog/patient-perspective-asking-for-help-is-ok-living-with-incontinence-as-a-college-student


I feel like i will help so many people my age by sharing this and letting them know they are not alone.

If anyone has any questions please let me know and I will try and answer them best i can.

-Mia

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adventurousBranch3786 September 29th, 2021

@miapeters Thank you for sharing this great article with us.

ChildGoddessFlute April 18th, 2022

@miapeters

Magical Greetings mia!

Thank you for sharing your story, I believe that it will help others.

Have a magical day and night.

SystemFireSkye May 22nd, 2023


@miapeters

HIya Mia, I'm Skye, I lost control of my bladder and bowel due to ahead injury when I was 6. I still struggle with how I feel. Hang touch stay pawsome

SilentSerenityy May 28th, 2023

@miapeters

Thank you for sharing your story with us Mia. It seems like you've been through so much, yet you're so resilient! I wish you nothing but the best!

slowdecline48 July 10th, 2023

That's quite a story. I'm impressed...what kind of engineer are you? Structural or...?

WorkingitThrough2 July 18th, 2023

@miapeters

Oh, your story is amazing and really thankful to have you here and that you are going to help so many people be able to feel free to talk about their struggles.

Posts like this help tear down the stigma and shame that helps us all. Again thank you❤️

Oh, by the way, I am WorkingitThrough2 Forum Supporter for the Traums Sub-community, and it was a pleasure to meet you.