Man cut in half by forklift shares major change he needs to make to help him live longer
A man who was cut in half by a forklift and had to have everything below the waist amputated once said there was something he could do to extend his life.
When US man Loren Schauers was 18 he was involved in a terrible accident while driving a forklift across a bridge as it veered off course and he plummeted down with it.
He survived a 50ft drop and being cut in half by the forklift, though to save his life doctors had to amputate everything below his waist and part of his right arm.
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Suffering life changing injuries, Loren has since documented his road to recovery and his life afterwards, along with his wife Sabia Reiche.
The couple run their own YouTube channel where they tell people what their life is like and answer the burning questions people have about them.
Among those questions from inquisitive viewers was 'what would you change about yourself', and both Loren and Sabia had similar answers as to what they'd do differently.
Loren said: "I’d like to quit my smoking habit, obviously, because I’m mainly all lungs now.”
"That way I could prolong my life longer than it's already been shortened to, given my situation. I wish I could quit. I want to be a better person too, in the way I treat and speak to people."
Meanwhile, Sabia admitted that she'd like to 'quit vaping eventually' as well as 'control my hyper-fixating nature'.
In a recent video Loren also said they were getting some exercise equipment installed so he could 'work on my physical therapy' which he hopes will help out a lot.
In the past Loren and Sabia have talked about his life expectancy and how much time there might be in his future.
Responding to one of the many questions the couple gets through their YouTube channel, Sabia said the couple weren't sure what Loren's life expectancy was.
She said: "That one is so touch and go, there's no, you know, for sure.
"In the recorded cases, I believe the average was about 11 years and the record holder was at about 24 years. But none of them were in the same situation as Loren.
"The closest one to Loren's situation, age, health, all of that was the one who lived about 24 years. So, if we go off of that, you know, we are hoping Loren has, you know, 40-plus years left with us. So, that one is really hard to answer because his case is so rare.
"Because his case is so rare, it's hard to pinpoint."
Joe Harker