More than the physical loss, I can imagine the loss of identity must be immense - if it's any relief whatsoever, the ego loss from this is likely to be mighty good and liberating for the soul.

I feel like an absolute imposter penning this from the comfort of 2 absolutely fine legs and no recent identity loss - but I hope this can help even if in the slightest way.

Reminds me of a quote - butchering its paraphrasing, it goes - any physical loss is a spiritual gain. A physical gain is well a physical gain.