Amputees lifestyle | Julian Schoen wearing 3D Firm Galaxy UNYQ Cover design in black
Julian Schoen UNYQer Interview
Julian is a German construction operations and project manager that feels life is a road to travel. That’s why for him amputation may be the beginning, or the way.
Read his full interview and leave him a comment below! And if you want to share your story about amputees’ lifestyle with us send an email to iam@unyq.com.
Each of us has a personal life story behind that makes us unique, what is yours?
I truly believe that the way of life and lifestyle make us unique. And in that sense feel I am indestructible, but human.
I lost my leg in 2010 when I was returning home after serving in the Hamburg police (it was a kind of coast guard). As I was in training and had only been there for a few months, after the accident I lost my job (before that I was in the German navy).
I got married a year later, but my life was completely different from what I expected, so I had to divorce with two children while my wife was still pregnant.
And after the start of the war against Ukraine, I became a volunteer reservist in the German Navy, working in a cyber task force in Hamburg.
Now I am in a new relationship and work as a construction project manager and construction operations generalist in my brothers’ company. And I also play wheelchair basketball and do some fitness a few days a week.
How do you handle self-acceptance? What is your biggest inspiration in life?
I have no problems with self-acceptance in this new lifestyle because I follow Dwayne Johnson’s motto: «Respect, blood, sweat”, and as I always said “amputation may be the beginning or the way to road through this new life”.
"If I had to give advice to other amputees that would be: This is not the end. It may be the beginning or the way"
What does wearing UNYQ Covers mean to you?
Around 2018 my clinic told me about UNYQ. I was wearing my Genium at the time.
I don’t know what to say about the covers, they are almost timeless!, so keep going!
(Check out Julien’s UNYQ Cover here)
Julian Schoen’s opinion about UNYQ Covers
Would you like to share your story with us?
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If you have a UNYQ Cover and want to motivate and inspire people please send us an email to iam@unyq.com and we’ll be back to you!
