Amputation?

all of my fathers foot had to be amputated except for his heel. but tommorow he has to go back to surgery and the doctors need to dig around, wash it out, and see if it is fine. but if the injury is to bad they need to amputate between the knee and ankle. my father is in terrible pain and probably deeply depressed. what will the amputation do to him

it is hard to say each person is diffferent in how they react. but my husband was 29 years old when he had to have his leg below the knee amputated due to diabetes. i was not married to him at the time this was happening, but it was a long time before he mentally got over it, after he had his leg removed he had 2 kidney transplants the first failed. but i can tell you today he is 43 years old, doing fine mentally and pysically he has an artificial leg and when he walks you can't tell it for a real leg.. just hang in there with your dad he needs all the support he can get and remember he will go through alot of changes mentally and pysicially but it does get better with time. it depends on his outlook of life is to how well he does.. just be there for him and take care of yourself through this or it will get you down too. i wish i knew yuor family personally so my husband could talk to your dad and tell him what he went through. it helps to talk to others..

WHEN I HAD MY LAG AMPUTATED BELOW MY KNEE I WAS SCARED BUT I WANTED TO PAIN TO STOP. FIRST THEY TOOK MY HEEL AND IT NEVER HEELED SO I SAID TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE LEG.I WAS DEPRESSED BUT YOU JUST WAIT TILL YOU GET YOUR NEW LEG AND TRY TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST. THERE ARE UP AND DOWNS . Report It

The answer to that is based mostly on your father. Perhaps after it is over, the doctors can give him some medicine for his mental state (depression) Actually, they should be giving him something for pain and depression now. If not, talk to the doctors. Maybe they are not aware of the pain and depression.
Good luck to him.

the amputation will turn him into the butt of all jokes. mean people will start calling him 'stumpy' and 'hop along'. others will make jokes like, 'funnier than a one legged man in an azz kicking contest'.
i should know, my one legged brother is in jail. someone said those jokes to him when he lost his leg and he came back and shot the guy in the eyes with a 22 caliber...

You didn't say what happened to your fathers foot. There are a few possibles either an injury or possibly diabetes. If your dads foot has dead tissue, it won't heal, it has to be removed. If left it will only be a source of infection. You don't want him to get a really bad infection. There are people with amputations that live full lives. This is not the end of the world for your father. Adults feel that they have alot of responsiblities and he is probably worried about how he will meet all of these with one foot. Life is full of tough times and this is one of them. Depression is not unusual with life altering events. The Drs. and nurses will take good care of him. This does not affect his ablity to parent you or his love for you. Make sure to tell him that you love him too. He probably needs all the support you can give

Something to be aware of: If the amputation is due to diabetes, it is very important that you are watching for signs of trouble with the other foot.

There is extra stress placed on the intact leg, and as a result a fair number of diabetics who lose one leg will lose part of the other one within the next year or so. So please, be vigilant about this and watch the other leg!