Man born with half a body after Chernobyl exercises and strolls his pet dog

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    Tim Mason with his dog.

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    Tim Mason strolls his pet dog– who is his ‘best friend’– 3 times a day (Picture: SWNS)

    A guy born with no legs and one arm is still able to run, prepare, dance and stroll totally separately.

    Tim Mason, 25, was born in Moscow, Russia, after his mum was exposed to high quantities of radiation throughout the Chernobyl catastrophe in 1986, which triggered his specials needs.

    He was put in an orphanage and embraced aged 3 by American Virginia Mason.

    They cautioned Virginia, now aged 80, that Tim would not have an excellent quality of life, however she understood he would be great when he examined and made ‘fish faces’.

    She took him over to Hartford in Connecticut, raising him on her own when her partner passed away 4 years after the adoption.

    Tim was provided prosthetics and a walker to assist him move however he ultimately chose to go without.

    ‘I really didn’ t like them– they weren’t me– I wished to be myself without them,’ he stated.

    Tim Mason smiling with sunglasses and a hat.

    Tim has actually matured in Hartford, Connecticut, after he was embraced from an orphanage in Moscow (Picture: SWNS)

    Tim Mason as a child with his walker.

    Tim was provided prosthetics and a walker however he wound up picking to go without them (Picture: SWNS)

    He discovered to speak English and ‘skyrocketed’ in school where he was constantly ‘really active on the playground’.

    Tim just began feeling the social effects of his specials needs when he ended up being a teen.

    He stated: ‘Growing up resembled a rollercoaster. I would get asked: “Who would even date you?”’

    But Tim handled to get through those tough years and now lives a pleased life.

    He stated: ‘There is a great deal of doubt in what I can do– it can be preventing.

    ‘But I am here and making it through. I have actually seen a lot of favorable remarks and it suggests the world to me. I am often asked how I go to the restroom which I discover humorous.

    ‘ I actually make every effort to show individuals incorrect, so a great deal of my pastimes have actually originated from that.

    Pictured Tim Mason. A man born with half a body says he refuses to let his disability hold him back and can run, cook, dance and walk his dog - without legs and an arm. See SWNS story SWSMhalf. Tim Mason, 25, is able to live fully independently and loves to walk his dog, cook, dance and work out on his treadmill - despite having no legs. He was born in Moscow, Russia, with no lower limbs and one arm and put in an orphanage - where they thought he was unlikely to ever be adopted. Tim was told by doctors that his biological mother was exposed to high amounts of radiation following the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 - causing his disabilities.

    Tim Mason was born with half a body however he declines to let his impairment hold him back (Picture: SWNS)

    Pictured Tim Mason and Virginia Mason - adoptive mother. A man born with half a body says he refuses to let his disability hold him back and can run, cook, dance and walk his dog - without legs and an arm. See SWNS story SWSMhalf. Tim Mason, 25, is able to live fully independently and loves to walk his dog, cook, dance and work out on his treadmill - despite having no legs. He was born in Moscow, Russia, with no lower limbs and one arm and put in an orphanage - where they thought he was unlikely to ever be adopted. Tim was told by doctors that his biological mother was exposed to high amounts of radiation following the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 - causing his disabilities.

    Virginia Mason embraced Tim after he ‘made fish faces at her’ (Picture: SWNS)

    ‘People thought I wouldn’ t have the ability to look after a pet, however he is my friend– I enjoy to stroll my pet dog. I completely look after him and take him on 3 strolls a day. The just thing I require assist with is driving him to the veterinarian.

    ‘People believe that handicapped individuals can not work out, however we can all do it– workout is for anybody.

    ‘I love exercise and it keeps me healthy both physically and mentally. I wake up every day and fight on. My independence is the thing I’ m most grateful for.’

    Tim, who works as a trainee success employee at the Napa Valley Wine Academy, states the only thing he still fights with is dating.

    ‘Dating is hard in this generation, people see disabilities on your online profiles and base you off that. They don’ t see the effective individual I see.’

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