A man who endured a traumatic accident involving a forklift and was bisected has shared his thoughts on what he would change about himself.
In 2019, Loren Schauers, now 23 years old, experienced a life-altering incident with a forklift.
At the time, Loren was employed as a builder and was operating the forklift across a bridge in Montana when it fell 50 feet down.
Medical professionals managed to save Loren’s life, but the accident left him with severe injuries. He underwent a hemicorporectomy, a procedure that involves the removal of the legs, genitalia, urinary system, pelvic bones, anus, and rectum.
Additionally, Loren had part of his right arm amputated and now relies on a bionic arm for daily activities.
Since this catastrophic event, Loren and his wife, Sabia, have been sharing their experiences and daily life on their YouTube channel, Sabia and Loren.
Loren has been widely commended for his courage in discussing his accident and the recovery process. Last year, the couple expressed their gratitude to those who have been supporting them online.
“It has been a long and wild journey and we can’t wait to see where else thinks life will take us and we hope we can continue taking you all along with us,” they said.
The couple frequently addresses some of their followers’ most common inquiries and recently participated in a Q&A session on YouTube, where they discussed what changes they would make about themselves if possible.
Sabia mentioned her desire to ‘quit vaping eventually, and control my hyper-fixating nature,’ while Loren stated: “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.”
There is one subject that Sabia prefers not to address and considers it ‘disrespectful’ when raised by others.
“A question we get repeatedly is how do we have sex and how do we become intimate,” she told Daily Star in 2022.
“That is a very personal question that we are never going to answer or allude to as it’s very disrespectful.
“You wouldn’t ask a random couple on the street how they have sex and just because our life circumstances are different, it doesn’t give people the right to ask.”