Miles O'Brien opens up about losing arm last month

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* I am watching him now discussing the Plane on CNN, good on him for getting right back to work!

Miles O'Brien Opens Up About Going To 'Dark Place' After Losing His Arm

Miles O'Brien has seemed remarkably positive in public since losing his arm last month, but the PBS correspondent said Wednesday that he worked to get away from a "dark place" after the incident.

He had to have his arm amputated in February after a case of television equipment fell on him. He revealed what had happened in an essay just two weeks later, and has continued to work on reports for "PBS NewsHour."

O'Brien, who is also a pilot, appeared on CNN Wednesday night to discuss the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Host Erin Burnett marveled at what she called his "positive" attitude.

"It's just incredible to look at you and you just seem so normal, you're being so gracious about it," Burnett said. "How have you been able to be so positive?"

Miles with Xeni his wife who writes for Boing Boing



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/25/miles-obrien-arm-amputation_n_4855869.html

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1. Adding a link to Xeni Jardin's blog about her breast cancer

http://boingboing.net/tag/breast-cancer

Like many of my fellow breast cancer patients, the treatment I received (and am still receiving) places me at high risk for a condition called lymphedema that can cause painful and permanent swelling in the arms.

To help prevent lymphedema or control the swelling if it does happen, many doctors recommend we use compression sleeves. It used to be that the only kind of sleeves available looked like big ugly bandages, but LympheDIVAs, a company started by two women with breast cancer in Philadelphia, was one of the first to change that. LympheDIVAs creates sleeves and gauntlets so funky and pretty, you could imagine wearing them just because they look cool. I wear their product regularly, and have found them to be pretty great.

When I put on my "Lotus Dragon" one, people think I have an actual sleeve tattoo, which cracks me up. When I first started wearing it , I tweeted that it would also be fun to see Diesel Sweeties comic creator R. Stevens, who designs fun patterns for socks, gloves, and other wearables, create some stuff for LympheDIVAs. I am thrilled to learn that this happened! R. Stevens has designed four sleeve/gauntlet products for LympheDIVAs, and they all look great.