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"It has been nearly five months since the Boston Marathon bombing and Roseann Sdoia is slowly adjusting to life as an amputee.Click here to view News 9\u2019s reportThe Boston resident stopped by the Pollard School in Plaistow on Monday to talk about what she\u2019s been through.\u201CThis was probably one of the most difficult challenges of my recovery, is being sick,\u201D said Sdoia, whose sister teaches at the school. \u201CIt\u2019s definitely a challenge getting out and walking around in an everyday situation.\u201DShe had gone to the Red Sox game and then down to Boylston Street to watch a friend cross the marathon finish line.After the explosion, she remembers waking up in a pool of blood.\u201CI felt as though on April 15, when I was on Boylston Street, \u2018Do I want to live or do I want to die?\u2019\u201D Sdoia said. \u201CAnd I really thought in my head that if I lost consciousness that I was going to die. And I did a quick assessment of my life and my family and my friends, and I decided that I didn\u2019t want to die.\u201DSdoia\u2019s right leg was amputated above the knee. She is now adjusting to life with a prosthetic leg.\u201CIt\u2019s a huge challenge with walking, doing stairs, going up and down ramps,\u201D she said.Gia Buckley, her sister, was emotional talking about Sdoia\u2019s strength.\u201CI think she never thought she\u2019d be strong enough and she found out she\u2019s more than that,\u201D Buckley said.Sdoia said she finds speaking about her experience is therapeutic, and she offered some advice for others living a new life as amputees.\u201CThere\u2019s wonderful technology out there to get you through and if you feel as though your prosthetic isn\u2019t working for you, make sure you find the right company that does,\u201D she said.Sdoia and her sister said they preferred not to talk about bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. They chose instead to focus on the positive, like how well the recovery is going and how grateful they are to have support of family and friends."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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