A man had his hand amputated after it was crushed when his dune buggy flipped but says he can still "do anything he wants".<br /><br />Justin Braden, 23, was driving six friends around his rural family property in a dune buggy when the vehicle flipped.<br /><br />It slid down a hill - crushing his dominant left hand in the process.<br /><br />He was rushed to Northwestern Hospital, McHenry , Illinois, US, in an ambulance where doctors told him he would have to have his hand amputated. <br /><br />Waking up after the four-hour operation with a “giant looking club” where his hand used to be, Justin had to adjust to life without his dominant hand.<br /><br />He was forced to give up his job as a landscape gardener and couldn’t do many of the activities he’d previously taken for granted - including writing, going bowling and even brushing his teeth.<br /><br />But rather than feeling “sorry” for himself, Justin decided to “make the best of the situation”.<br /><br />The day of the operation, he began posting about his recovery journey on social media. <br /><br />The response to Justin’s posts was “overwhelmingly positive” and helped to give him the confidence he needed to push on with his recovery.<br /><br />Just over 100 days after his accident, he can write, brush his teeth and even bowl a strike - all with his wrong hand. <br /><br />Justin, a salesman, from McHenry, Illinois, US, said: “I knew I could either feel sorry for myself and cry every day, or I could make the best of the situation. <br /><br />“Showing people everything I can do without a hand helped me to realise that losing my hand wasn’t the end of the world - it’s just the start of a new chapter." <br /><br />Justin had his hand amputated after it was crushed in a car accident on his family property.<br /><br />When Justin came out of surgery he had a “giant club for a hand”. <br /><br />Justin took to TikTok to update his friends on the accident, and he was overwhelmed by the response.
