A young man cut in half by a forklift in a horror accident says he still feels "phantom pain" in his missing limbs.
Loren Schauers, who is now 21, lost three limbs and has faced a long road to recovery since the freak accident three years ago.
The former body builder was pinned under a four-ton forklift and, while he's now making the most of life, still feels sharp pain.
The accident saw Loren veer off a bridge on a building site, falling 50ft before he was then pinned to the ground by the heavy vehicle.
He's now described the terrible limb loss pain in a new video uploaded to his YouTube channel, where his road to recovery has been documented ever since his accident.
In the most recent upload, which works as a three-year documentation of Loren's recovery process, he described the bad days of "phantom pain" he experiences.
Speaking to one another, Loren and wife Sabia Reiche, 23, were seen in their car and on the way to receive newly prescribed medication, the Daily Star reports.
The pair's conversation was recorded in the video, with Sabia saying the pair were off to visit the dispensary to receive new medication that would help Loren.
"We got accepted for me to get a green card so I can get off narcotics as much as possible," he said.
Getting off the narcotics appeared to be a priority for Loren, with Sabia adding: "We're hoping that THC will help him more with his phantom pains, since that's like a mental drug.
"He doesn't want to be on narcotics so if we can replace them with THC..."
Loren finished off Sabia's sentence, saying: "Then why not?"
The pair then explained why it was so important for Loren to make the switch from narcotics, as it could be damaging his internal organs.
Sabia said: "That's healthier for his organs than a bunch of narcotics. Here's hoping this stuff helps way better."
It would appear it did help Loren's recovery, as he was later seen in the video describing the effects of his newly received "medical marijuana".
He said: "The pain is so much better since I got medical marijuana, it's made the left foot feeling go away."
That left foot feeling is one of the "phantom pains" Loren later described, and despite the change of medicine, it appears the pain is still occasionally there.
Sabia added: "Loren can finally cut down on one of his narcotics."
While it is promising progress for Loren, he was seen in a later clip discussing the return of his phantom pain, saying: "It's a bad day of phantom pain. We're going to the ER, I might have an abdominal infection again."
Loren was also spotted discussing how he "poops" without a bum.
He had accepted he would never walk again before the surgery as he had seen the state his limbs were in, but found a workaround for his bowel movements.
