Struggling for normality: experiences of patients with diabetic lower extremity amputations and post-amputation wounds in primary care.

The essential meaning of the phenomenon 'the lived experiences for patients with DLEA and post-amputated wound' can be interpreted as 'struggling for "normality"' which encompasses four domains of sense making: physical loss disrupted normality, emotional impact aggravated the disrupted normality, social challenges further provoked the disrupted normality, and attempt to regain normality. The study highlights the complex physical and psychosocial transition facing patients after DLEA before post-amputation wound closure. In primary care, an amputation, whether minor or major, is a life-altering experience that requires physical healing, emotional recovery, and social adaptation to regain normality. Patients living with DLEA and a post-amputation wound may benefit from an interdisciplinary team care model to assist them with physical and psychosocial adjustment and resume normality.