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Colleen's ABS Story |
22 year-old Colleen shares her feelings of shame about her toes |
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Austin's Story |
ABS affected Austin's left hand and both feet. He talks about finding support from Elin through her story on this site. |
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Melissa's ABS Story |
ABS affected both Melissa's hands and her left foot |
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Katie's ABS Story |
After reading so much on this site, I consider myself one of the lucky ones. One missing finger (middle finger right hand) and that's it. The amniotic band wrapped around my whole right hand, and I still have marks from it on my other fingers, but my middle finger is the only one gone. |
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Stacey's ABS Story |
Being entangled in the womb resulted in the disfigurement of her left hand and an above knee amputation. Stacey writes, "Being born with Amniotic Band Syndrome has pushed me to succeed and show the world exactly what I can do." |
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Jeanine's ABS Story |
born in 1983 with Amniotic Band Syndrome. ABS affected four fingers on her left hand, her left arm above the elbow and her right leg was about an inch shorter and clubbed. |
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Megan's ABS Story |
born in 1993 with ABS affecting her left arm by not letting it develop from the elbow down. Megan is adjusting to High School and learning to stand up to those who stare or make an inappropriate comment. |
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Aaron's ABS Story |
Born missing a hand hasn't kept Aaron from an athletic active lifestyle. "Whenever someone told me in life, you'll never be able to do that with one hand, it simply made me so much more determined to accomplish it and I would try until I got it done. " |
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Charlotte's ABS Story |
Born missing her left leg about 3 quarters below the knee and with hand deformities |
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Tracy's ABS Story |
Born with a left hand deformity |
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Jamie's ABS Story |
born with all of fingers attached on both hands and only about a forth of the size of normal fingers, a very tight band around her right leg, and all of her toes are shorter than most peoples with slight deformities on the big toes and the toes right next to them. |
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Casandra's Story |
Casandra's right hand was amputated before birth - she has a prosthetic |
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Cindy's ABS Story |
Cindy was born with severe congenital birth defects to her left hand and legs caused from Amniotic Band Syndrome. |
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Elin's ABS Story |
Elin says that her "deformed" fingers haven't stopped her from doing what she wants to do. ABS effected both of Elin's hands and her right foot. On her right hand she has a normal pinky and thumb; on her left hand the pinky is normal. Elin was also born with Neurofibromatosis |
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Hope's ABS Story |
Hope was born in 1943, at that time no one said "ABS" or "Constriction Band Syndrome" her parents were only told that her left hand and right foot had "gotten caught" in her mother's womb. |
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Jessica's ABS Story |
Jessica was born with amniotic band syndrome affecting both of her hands and feet and she also has clubfeet |
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Jim's ABS Story |
Jim says, "Take your "difference" and work with it. Yes, there will be times you get upset because... but don't let it bring you down. You were made the way you are for a reason. Find it, love it, and be who you are meant to be. And if some cute little browned eyed girl looks as if she wants to ask you why, simply answer her. You never know what will happen next." |
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John's ABS Story |
John was born in 1976 with ABS - he was only 2.2 lbs at birth. John has had 27 operations - His right leg was missing the tibia and had an S shaped fibula. His left leg had many bands around the leg and foot. The right leg was broken and it was a clubbed foot. His mom tells their story. |
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Julia's ABS Story |
Julia was born in 1979 with ABS affecting both hands. She has both thumbs, and a left pinkie, the rest of her fingers are stunted and/or missing. She does not have either middle fingers or a right index finger. |
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Kaye's ABS Story |
Kaye was born in 1979 with ABS - she had a band around her left leg just above the knee and a club foot and extremely diminished feeling, the first three toes of her right foot were affected. Both hands were also affected. She has normal thumbs and index fingers on both hands. The rest of her fingers were webbed. She has had about fourteen surgeries. |
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Kirsty's ABS Story |
Kirsty was born with ABS affects to both hands and feet |
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Krissy's ABS Story |
On her right hand the fingers except the pinky were webbed. On her left hand, she is missing the middle finger and her index has banding and a really plump knuckle. Her left foot is missing two toes and is one size smaller, but there was no "clubbing" on either. |
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Patsy's ABS Story |
Patsy was born in 1965 with ABS. She has a missing ring finger & band around the middle finger of her left hand. On her right hand all four fingers were fused the thumb was unaffected. Both of her feet were clubbed. |
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Pete's ABS Story |
Pete was born with a natural amputation of his right arm |
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Ross's ABS Story |
Ross writes: "How we come to feel about ourselves is a complicated thing for everyone however, arguably made more difficult by having a body difference that sets one apart from the 'norm' (whatever the heck that is). So I can readily relate to the self-consciousness expressed by others who have told their ABS story." |
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