"It's called the suicide disease because you can't live in that kind of pain forever," Pietrafitta said. Her doctor eventually determined said she needed an amputation because her injured leg was ...

5 Live’s Nicky Campbell spoke to callers about their stories of amputations whether because of an illness, an accident or war. Colin had a motorcycle accident when he was in his early 20s.

An estimated 100,000 Ukrainians have suffered war-related amputations since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In the U.S., more than 2 million people live with limb loss, a number that is ...