STILL: Life, in Every Direction
STILL is an independent educational resource for individuals navigating cancer treatment with limb-loss implications — and for the people supporting them. Four journey pathways meet the person where they are, not where the treatment protocol says they should be. Trusted resource links, real patient narratives, prosthetic possibilities, and a support connection directory.
The moment a clinician says the word amputation in the context of cancer treatment, two timelines collide. The treatment timeline — surgical options, margins, reconstruction possibilities, oncology protocols. And the life timeline — who am I after this, what can I still do, how do I tell my family, where do I even start.
The clinical team handles the first timeline. Nobody is assigned to the second.
STILL exists for the second timeline.
What STILL is
STILL is an independent educational resource. It is not affiliated with any hospital, manufacturer, or advocacy organization. It does not replace medical advice. It supports the conversations that shape care decisions — conversations that happen in waiting rooms, at kitchen tables, and at 2 AM when the person facing this decision is alone with their questions.
The tagline is a statement of identity, not a slogan: still you. Still becoming.
Four journey pathways
STILL does not assume where the person is. It asks. Four entry points meet four positions:
01: Facing what’s next. The person has just learned that cancer treatment may involve limb loss. They need to understand surgical options, what questions to ask, and what the decision landscape looks like — before making a decision that cannot be reversed.
02: Finding my footing. The surgery is behind them. Rehabilitation is beginning. They need to understand what prosthetic possibilities exist, how the recovery timeline works, and what "normal" looks like when normal has changed.
03: Living on my terms. They are past the acute phase. Daily life is the frontier now. Identity, activity, relationships, work — the questions that no clinical protocol addresses because they are not clinical questions. They are life questions.
04: Here for someone. The caregiver, the partner, the parent, the friend. They want to help but don’t know how. They need guidance that acknowledges their role without centring it — because the person going through this is still the person making the decisions.
Trusted resources
STILL links to three organizations verified as of September 2026:
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — clinical expertise in sarcoma and limb-salvage surgery.
- Amputee Coalition — peer support, advocacy, and practical resources.
- National Cancer Institute — research, clinical trials, and evidence-based information.
STILL is independent of all three. The links are curated references, not affiliations.
Real patient narratives
STILL includes published patient stories from MSK — Alexandra’s journey from amputation to medical school, Grace’s experience with limb-preserving surgery. These are not inspirational content. They are evidence that life trajectories continue — in directions the person facing the decision cannot yet imagine.
All illustrative imagery is AI-created and acknowledged as such. No photographs of named patients are used without attribution to the publishing institution.
Prosthetic possibilities
For those whose treatment path includes prosthetic use, STILL organizes possibilities by what matters to the person — comfort, movement, everyday life — rather than by manufacturer or technology category. The framing is deliberate: the person’s priorities determine the exploration, not the product catalogue.
Personal storytelling
Four journaling prompts address the emotional and experiential dimensions that clinical conversations rarely reach. Writing is not therapy. But structured reflection — naming what has changed, what remains, what matters now — gives the person a way to process the experience on their own terms before translating it into conversations with others.
The health stack at seven
STILL extends the health stack beyond clinical AI and prosthetic care into cancer navigation:
- Healthcare Playbook — strategy.
- VITAL — sandbox.
- MedConsult AI — execution.
- SOMA — prosthetic research (designer).
- STRIDE — prosthetic records (wearer).
- Prosthetic Atlas — prosthetic education (both).
- STILL — cancer & limb-loss navigation (person + caregiver).
The first three serve clinical AI. The next three serve prosthetic care. STILL serves the person at the intersection of cancer and limb loss — the moment where clinical precision and human identity collide.
STILL is live and free to use.
Open Prosthetic Atlas → — the educational reference.
Open STRIDE → — the personal notebook.
Enter the SOMA Studio → — the research prototype.
Richard Leclézio
Enterprise Transformation & AI Delivery Leader