Our New Normal!

“Helping Others Discover and Live an Unlimited Lifestyle.”

Welcome to our new Dankmeyer blog!! My name is Dawn Miranda, and I am a new amputee of only two and a half years. I hope this blog page will answer your questions, uplift you through education, and inspire hope that we will get to our new normal together. 

I was adopted as a baby and raised on a farm in upstate New York by a loving family. I am a mother, wife and grandmother. I am a two-time Non-Hodgkin’s cancer survivor and now a new left below the knee amputee. I decided a long time ago that I am not defined by my conditions - I am defined by my achievements. As a baby I learned to walk, and as a cancer survivor I learned to walk again as the disease took a toll on my body. And finally, as an amputee, I rose once again to learn to walk, then run… never looking back - only forward to a life that I knew I wanted. A life with no limits. 

So please join me on this blog and take my hand as we tackle the challenges life puts on our road of life. I hope my knowledge and experience help you, but as always, if you have any questions about your health or your prosthesis, you should contact your prosthetist or your physician.

If you have a question for me about living as an amputee, ask! And if I don’t know the answer, I will find it for you, and I will leave no stone unturned to help you find your own personal new normal. If there is a topic you would like me to feature please let me know! I want us all to grow strong together.  Email me at Dawn@dankmeyer.com. This email is not secure, so if you wish to keep any specific health information private, you should call us!

Quote for the Month: “Remember how far you have come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you use to be.” - Rick Warren.

Dawn Miranda recently joined Dankmeyer, Inc. as a Prosthetist Assistant after relocating from San Antonio, TX.  To read more about Dawn on our Clinical Staff page, click here.