I lost an arm in 1991, but had it re-attached. I'm still not sure if that was a good idea or not. I wasn't awake when the decision was made. My Dad argued for, the doctors were initially against the idea, but no doctor now will remove it.

So now I a arm that is basically useless from below the elbow, the only real control I have is at the first knuckle, all fingers together. My forearm is more skin graft than skin.

I've tried a few alternate keyboards, but gave up trying to learn and now just use a regular keyboard and a track ball. I had to learn to write again as it was my dominant arm. Computer programming is probably the best available career, so I'm glad I already had an interest in it.

I really identified with the everything is slower part. There is very little I can't do, but everything is so slow that I just do a lot of things half way. I still don't have a good way to clip my finger nails.

I got nothing from the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia do to an improperly filled out form. At the time, if you worked for a family business, you needed to be registered differently, which I was unaware of. Still bitter to this day.