Lina's story

Active and creative with an arm prosthesis

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Lina's story

Arm prosthesis after a tumour

Lina with her bebionic hand prosthesis

I thought the amputation was the end. Now I’m looking at what life has in store for me.

Lina

Personal contact creates confidence and trust

The process of considering the fitting before the amputation was helpful for Lina as well. She can still clearly remember meeting Hans-Magnus at the hospital. “After speaking with him, I wasn’t afraid of the future anymore. He showed me just how much is possible with technology today, and I’m so glad to have received this kind of personalised care.” Today, Lina is living life the fullest again. She skateboards, is a film photographer and has moved to Berlin to get involved in the creative scene in the big city. But she doesn’t want to make any fixed plans for the future. “Just see what life has in store,” is her motto.

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Lina with her bebionic hand prosthesis

I thought the amputation was the end. Now I’m looking at what life has in store for me.

Lina

Arm prosthesis after a tumour

Lina was diagnosed with a tumour near her wrist when she was 17 years old. The lab analysis showed that she had a spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare type of tumour that primarily occurs in children. Lina underwent a number of courses of chemotherapy and radiation, but nothing worked. So she and the doctors treating her finally made the decision to amputate her entire hand and parts of her forearm below the elbow. “After everything that had happened to me up until then, that was the biggest shock. I simply couldn’t imagine life without my right hand,” Lina says. “I suddenly realised that I would never have two hands again.”

Lina uses her Ottobock-manufactured bebionic hand to hang a poster on a wall

An amputation is anything but the end

Lina’s O&P professional, Hans-Magnus, also understands that an amputation doesn’t have to be the end of an active life. Because the amputation was planned, Hans-Magnus had the chance to get to know Lina before her operation and provide her with support and advice. “The key to successful treatment is considering how the amputation should be carried out ahead of time,” he says. “After the operation, it’s important to make sure a prosthesis is fitted quickly if at all possible. This is combined with physiotherapy and occupational therapy to prepare patients for their new life.”

Lina uses her bebionic artificial hand to stir her tea while chatting with her friend during breakfast

Personal contact creates confidence and trust

Lina with her bebionic hand prosthesis

I thought the amputation was the end. Now I’m looking at what life has in store for me.

Lina

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Finding the appropriate arm prosthesis

Everyone has their own story, their individual preferences and their own goals in life. Knowing about the latest developments in upper limb prosthetics is key to ensuring your arm prosthesis provides you with the best support during your day-to-day activities, and less usual activities as well – from special requirements to grips. Try out the new Myo Plus prosthesis control – just ask your O&P professional. We would be happy to organise a fast, simple test to determine whether Myo Plus would be an appropriate solution for you personally, in combination with the bebionic prosthetic hand, the SensorHand or the VariPlus Speed prosthetic hand or the System Electric Greifer.

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Wolfgang ‒ a farmer who uses an arm prosthesis

As a farmer, Wolfgang has to make many different gripping motions in his day-to-day work. Depending on what’s needed, he uses his bebionic hand prosthesis, the VariPlus Speed hand or the System Electric Greifer with the Myo Plus prosthesis control.

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