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Hes used to putting on a good face. but none of this is easy. scratch just one layer below the surface and theres a lot of hurt and frustration there and perhaps still a layer of denial that propels him to take these chances and push himself so hard to get back to where he was. after the fall, miles amputated arm was badly swollen setting back his physical therapy. >> so pain goes right down through here. >> yeah, and like, this is a really bad spot in there too. >> dr. alex diagrramer has been ...

Amputations. best estimate puts the number at about 40,000, so not a lot. arm amputees also tend to be physically active risk takers, often the cause of the amputation in the first place. >> arm amputees are really cool. theyre a little wild and crazy in the sense that they are really interesting people, and many of them got their amputation or lost their arm because theyre interesting people doing interesting things that are maybe physically risky, so they may be sky divers, motorcyclists, mari...

To get back to where he was. after the fall, miles amputated arm was badly swollen setting back his physical therapy. >> so pain goes right down through here. >> yeah, and like, this is a really bad spot in there too. >> dr. alex dro has been helping miles. >> we have a relationship where he tells me what hes done rather than what hes going to do. so i find out afterwards. you can view that two ways. we must keep him safe perspective or you can view it from this is a guy whos living his life the...

>> arm amputees are really cool. theyre a little wild and crazy in the sense that they are really interesting people, and many of them got their amputation or lost their arm because theyre interesting people doing interesting things that are maybe physically risky, so they may be sky divers, motorcyclists, marines, people who take physical risk. a lot of the arm amputations reject the prosthetic limb. >> but miles does need a prosthetic limb for some activities like biking and he wanted to get b...