Chorei por ter despedaçado: experiência de (viver) a amputação de membro

Abstract

This study sought to comprehend the experience of a member amputation, lived by a person with Diabetes Mellitus. This experience changes the whole existence, once the body has a vital importance as a mean of insertion and relation to the world. The
methodological option was for the qualitative approach of the hermeneutic-phenomenological research. Data collection was performed by means of Depth Interview. In order to analyze data, a thematic isolation using holistic, selective, and detailed approach
was utilized, with a view to obtain major approximation to the essence of the lived experience. From the unities of meaning: “plastic flowers don’t die: it won’t happen to me”; “flowers smells like death: suddenly you are defeated” and; “the rest of my entire
body: only reached the gate” emerged the phenomenological theme “I cried for having torn apart”, which is the structure of the lived phenomenon.