U-CAN Amputee Support Group

Upcoming event!

Amputee’s Creating a New Tomorrow

Please join us for a 1-day class that can help you regain control of your life after losing a limb.

Some of the topics that will be covered are:

Self-Management
Hobbies
Pain Management
Employment
Preventing further limb loss
Driving/Transportation
Physical Therapy
Family Relations/Changing Roles

Event details:

Date: June 29, 2024

Time: 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Location: UM Orthotics & Prosthetics Center
2850 S. Industrial Hwy, Suite 400
Ann Arbor MI 48104

The session will also be held virtually, using the zoom platform.

The class consists of a 1-day session that will cover the topics listed above along with a break-out session for caregivers. The class is free and open to new amputees (amputation within the past year). We invite you to bring a spouse/partner, family member, friend or caregiver. Lunch will be provided.

For more information or to register for the class, please contact Carla Vollmer by calling (734) 975-7432 or sending an email to [email protected].

Download the ACT event flyer

2024 U-CAN Meetings

U-CAN meets both in-person at the Orthotics and Prosthetics Center and virtually via Zoom on the First Tuesday of each month from 5:30 – 7:30 PM.

Support group flyer (newly updated!)

Orthotic & Prosthetic Center

Locations

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2850 S. Industrial Hwy

Suite 400

Ann Arbor, MI

48104.

Zoom Information

U-CAN meetings are also held virtually, using the zoom platform:

Join Zoom Meeting: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97544788830

Meeting ID: 975 4478 8830

Passcode: 890707

Join Zoom Meeting

An amputee couple sits together on a couch.

Our goal is to help amputees, people with limb loss or limb difference, and their families cope with the initial shock of loss by helping them regain control of their life through education, compassion, and encouragement. Amputees have the ability to do virtually anything they want to do and we do!

Our meetings usually have a presentation for the first hour. After the presentation, we share information and have time for questions, answers and discussion. An important part of the group is time for socializing and physical activities that exercise the mind as well as the body. Please join us as we all learn together. Light refreshments are served.

Please share our meeting flyer with anyone interested in learning more.

More about U-CAN

Members of the U CAN Amputee Support Group pose for a photo outside

At U-CAN, we:

Have a growing peer mentoring network that matches experienced amputees with new amputees in similar circumstances.
Reach out to parents who have children with limb loss or limb difference.
Meet several times a year with activities for the children and discussion time for parents.
Hold ACT (Amputees Creating a new Tomorrow) - a six-week class that provides information for new amputees and their family or caregiver. Class information covers: phantom pain, driving, physical therapy, body image, employment, and much more.
Provide information for people before an amputation.
Share information and support as you go through this live altering surgery.

Check out our monthly U-CAN Newsletter.

We hope to help people look beyond the loss and look forward to tomorrow. Seeing someone in a similar situation can help a person realize they are not alone and that There is Life after Amputation!