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Thanks for a bunch of great info on this thread! I'm not a medic, but I am an amputee.
I never tried the mirror because I didn't know about it, but I accidentally discovered something that worked for me most of the time and that is to squeeze one of those anti-stress balls or some Silly Putty. It sounds ridiculous, but it diminished my phantom pain 95% of the time. It is worth a try if you have a patient having a lot of phantom pain and it's cheap and non-addictive.
Thankfully I am 98% pain-free now, but I wish I had known that mirror trick two months ago. The phantom pains were the worst part of the whole amputation ordeal for me. Hopefully word of the mirror trick will get around and help out more folks. Good info...thanks!
Be safe,
Randy
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