"I lost half my body in a forklift accident — stop asking how I have sex"

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A young laborer forced to have the entire bottom half of his body amputated after a horrific forklift accident is speaking out about his condition — and slamming “rude” people who ask about his sex life.

Loren Schauers, 20, underwent a hemicorperectomy back in 2019 after his body became pinned under a four-ton vehicle at a worksite in Wilsall, Montana.

The rare and risky surgery requires the removal of a patient’s legs, genitalia, urinary system, pelvic bones, anus and rectum. Medics also amputated Schauers’ right arm after it was left irreparably damaged in the accident.

Now, almost three years on, Schauers is opening up about adjusting to life without almost all of his limbs, saying in a recent YouTube video that he still manages to remain optimistic despite dealing with chronic pain.

“It’s not anyone else’s fault that my pain exists,” he stated. “I’m not going to sit here and wallow and freak out on the whole world. I’m still going to try to be as jolly as I can, even though I’m sitting here dying in pain at times.”

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The open and honest couple often discuss the struggles that they face — but refuse to address questions about their sex life.

“A question we get repeatedly is, ‘How do we have sex and how do we become intimate?'” Reiche stated in a recent YouTube video, according to The Daily Star.

“That is a very personal question that we are never going to answer or allude to, as it’s very disrespectful,” she sternly stated. “You wouldn’t ask a random couple on the street how they have sex and just because our life circumstances are different, it doesn’t give people the right to ask.”

Back in 2020, Schauers told South West News Service that doctors initially tried to save some of his sperm but realized it wasn’t “viable.”

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The horrific accident occurred in September 2019 while Schauers was working as a laborer on a construction site during a bridge rehabilitation job.

He was driving a forklift over a highway bridge outside of Wilsall when cars started illegally passing him on the one-lane structure, according to SWNS.

As one car passed him, Schauers veered too close to the bridge edge and the ground crumbled beneath him. He attempted to jump from the falling forklift but his leg got trapped by the seatbelt, swinging him from the machinery as it plummeted 50 feet down a steep hill.

The forklift rolled three times down the hill before it landed on top of Schauers, crushing his body.

“I was conscious the whole time. My eyes were wide open and I saw the forklift come down and land on my hips and my right forearm,” he told SWNS in 2020.

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