Vasyl Hrytsenko, a fighter with the "Honor" Company of the "Da Vinci Wolves battalion", with the call sign "Chuchupak", lost his leg in the summer of 2023 in the Kupyansk direction. After evacuation, on the operating table, the doctor said: "Either amputation or you will die in half an hour."
This is what Vasyl told us about life after losing his limb:
🦿How did he take the doctor's news of amputation?
🦿How did his family and, in particular, his young son react to it?
🦿What was the most difficult thing for them?
🦿How does Chuchupak think society should respond to people with amputations?
🦿What are "phantom pains" and when do they disappear?
🦿Why do you need to talk to a psychologist? Is it possible to avoid breakdowns?
🦿How long does rehabilitation last?
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00:00 Intro
00:43 Who is Vasyl Hrytsenko? // Why "Chuchupak"?
04:12 How did he get injured?
06:21 How did he accept the amputation of his limb? // How did he learn to walk?
09:27 How did the family take the news of the amputation? // How did the son take it?
14:36 How Vasyl "trained" civilians
16:13 Society's reaction to amputee soldiers // Doesn't it irritate Vasyl to be taken care of?
18:10 How the rehabilitation is going. Psychological and physical efforts.
20:05 Phantom pains - how does it work? // Like nails under the fingernails
21:17 Working with psychologists // How to avoid a breakdown
23:25 Is it possible to prepare for war? // How not to lose heart after amputation?
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