I've lived with what I now know to be BIID for over 50yrs. As a child I was fascinated by amputees. Like many, I suspect, I tied legs up and pushed them down trouser legs.
I always yearned to be a DAK amputee (the whole idea of having two thigh stumps seemed the ultimate achievement and desire) throughout my adult life but totally fail to see how I can ever achieve this - it just doesn't seem feasible even though many others seem able to have other forms of body changing surgery.
To complicate matters.....I have a fascination with paraplegia, i even wondered if there was some way I could achieve this. The best I can achieve there is sitting on the edge of a hard chair for 1/2hr leads to numbness paralysis of feet, ankles, calves, thighs and genital areas however it passes once you stand up.
So if anyone wants to share ideas, experiences, suggestions, ways to improve then I'm listening!
hello, i think most of us can understand what u said...of course.
Like U , i think i have BIID with my legs, since my childhood ( so more than 40years ago) . but as i understood what it was really only in january, i started my life with my biid only this year..damn quarantine: i was able to try wheelchair only in may, which was one one my best experience in life ( i did a post about it in the ''stories'' session, called ''go around on wheels".
These trips in wheelchair help me to manage this needing to have no legs or no move on my legs
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