In 2006 Nigel Ackland lost his right arm in an industrial accident. Six months of pain, surgery and infections followed before he told doctors to amputate his arm below the elbow. Now, Ackland wears one of the world's most advanced prosthetics.
"My life changed forever," Ackland says. He was the first person in the world to be fitted with RSL Steeper's bebionic3. Ackland describes himself as being "unfortunate to wear an extraordinary piece of technology" and is now one of around 250 people worldwide wearing the cutting-edge prosthetic.
Ackland has come a long way—a year before the bebionic3 was fitted he talked to his psychiatrist about committing suicide. Years of uncomfortable, poor-quality prosthetics offered by the NHS, including a crude hook, had seen him suffer infections, pain and have the embarrassment of his arm falling off in public. Ackland struggled to wipe his own backside and was plagued by nightmares.
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