Gayle Shann lost both her arms a farmg accint. This is how she liv wh 20 years on | Daily Mail Onle

Contents:

• GAYLE AND MAC SHANN SAY 'S 'HAPPY DAYS' TWO S ON OM ATRALIAN STORY APPEARANCE
• VIDEO: HAPPY DAYS | GAYLE AND MAC SHANN
• GAYLE SHANN REFLECTS ON LOSG HER TWO LIMBS ALMOST 20 YEARS LATER
• GAYLE AND MAC SHANN: BH UPLE'S SECRETS TO A HAPPY MARRIAGE AFTER HORRIFIC FARMG ACCINT
• GAYLE SHANN LOST BOTH HER ARMS A FARMG ACCINT. THIS IS HOW SHE LIV WH 20 YEARS ON
• ROBYN NEILSON REUNTS HOW SHE HELPED TO SAVE GAYLE SHANN'S LIFE
• VIDEO: GAYLE AND MAC SHANN
• GAYLE SHANN, CLERMONT
• GAYLE AND MAC SHANN SAY 'S 'HAPPY DAYS' TWO S ON OM ATRALIAN STORY APPEARANCE

GAYLE AND MAC SHANN SAY 'S 'HAPPY DAYS' TWO S ON OM ATRALIAN STORY APPEARANCE

Wh the sun settg behd them, Gayle and Mac Shann walk among their pretty broodmar a paddock that stretch to a goln horizon.

"It was full on, we didn't know what we'd said y to, to be hont, " Gayle those two weeks, Mac shaved the head of the late, much-loved meraman John Bean ACS for the Lkaemia Foundatn World's Greatt Shave.

Atralian Story crew Leigh Wayper, Jane Hoskg and John Bean ACS wh Gayle and Mac 2003 while shootg the origal episo. (Supplied: Gayle Shann)Back then Gayle was ail, badly wound and worried she would be too much of a burn for Mac, that no-one would fd her attractive. "I don't thk I would have had a clue what 20 years down the track would have looked like for me, " Gayle says.

VIDEO: HAPPY DAYS | GAYLE AND MAC SHANN

" Gayle says the Atralian public has "put Mac up on a b of a pestal", but he serv . (Supplied: Ally Graham Photography)A life on the landGayle had grown up on an isolated ttle statn two-and-a-half hours wt of Ingham, g om a pneerg ttle breedg too had grown up on a remote property Far North Queensland.

Both mtered on hors om an early young Gayle was hardworkg, pennt, an aggrsive petor mpdraft ridg.

GAYLE SHANN REFLECTS ON LOSG HER TWO LIMBS ALMOST 20 YEARS LATER

He was 21 when they married, she adored Gayle, he idolised her; still do. (Supplied: Gayle Shann)The day everythg changedGayle has no memory of that dreadful morng on Augt 9, 2002. "By the time they brought Gayle si, her right arm was missg, her left actured and was two hours before medil personnel uld get there.

Robyn Newbury, a neighbourg former nurse, kept Gayle alive by lotg the ma blood vsels and pchg them off wh her she was told she had lost an arm, Gayle thought she uld still ri her had lived to ri and pete and uldn't image dog anythg else. Gayle hospal Townsville shortly after the accint, surround by Mac and sisters Sherri and Kylie.

(Supplied: Gayle Shann)She was nstant pa, there were sleepls nights.

GAYLE AND MAC SHANN: BH UPLE'S SECRETS TO A HAPPY MARRIAGE AFTER HORRIFIC FARMG ACCINT

"Gayle still wears her arm a slg, but surgeri on her spe mean she has no ntrol of her left arm. "Mac be Gayle's 'arms'They both had to adjt to the "new Gayle" has had to be her hands and arms.

(Atralian Story)Gayle says Mac don't make her feel like "a burn" as her rer.

GAYLE SHANN LOST BOTH HER ARMS A FARMG ACCINT. THIS IS HOW SHE LIV WH 20 YEARS ON

"Adaptg to a new way of livgGayle has learned to do thgs wh her feet. But Gayle would never be able to hold or hug them, be tactile wh knew she would get "very trated" havg to rely on other people to re for the uple talked and realised the bt cisn would be not to have children.

ROBYN NEILSON REUNTS HOW SHE HELPED TO SAVE GAYLE SHANN'S LIFE

(Supplied: Gayle Shann)Gayle tried to ri hors aga, hopg that she uld learn to ri wh her legs. (Supplied: Ally Graham Photography)Gayle manag the breedg si of the bs. Wh This Rg told the story of central Queensland horsewoman Gayle Shann who survived an horrific farmg accint 2002.

VIDEO: GAYLE AND MAC SHANN

Atralian Story first filmed Gayle and hband Mac 2003, as they grappled wh a new way of livg life on the land. Related lksFeature article | Gayle and Mac Shann say 's 'happy days' two s on om Atralian Story appearanceStream this episo on iview and Youtube. Gayle Shann and her hband Mac first ptured the hearts of Atralians 2002.

At the time Gayle first lost her right arm a trmatic accint at the ral home, thgs looked pretty dire as she would soon fd that her left arm is paralyzed. Fay and iends avoid tellg Gayle that her left arm was paralyzed for a fear that she might not want to live altogether.

Nearly 20 years after the horrific accint, Gayle reflects on her life and reveals that she will not change a thg about her life.

GAYLE SHANN, CLERMONT

Love really n nquer all, wh the succsful marriage of one of Atralia's "most popular upl" proof a strong bond n weather any 2002 Gayle Shann had one arm torn off and the other cshed when her glove ught a post-hole digger on her Central Queensland accint ma her reliant on hband Mac to manage everythg om their ttle and horse breedg bs to her day-to-day the uple first shared their oral a 2003 Atralian Story episo, viewers were ptivated by the pair's rilience and 2006 went on to vote their story the most popular the show's history.

"I'm the luckit girl the world to have a hband like Mac bee not many men would do what he do, " Gayle said. "Mac and I have both always been very passnate about hors, they're like our children, " Gayle said.

(Supplied: Marc Smh)Gayle holds out hope for e of remag armMac beme Gayle's hands, quickly learng the art of applyg makp to his wife. "I obvly am more than happy to do whatever Gayle wants, " Mac said. "It's credible the number of people that talk to about our first story, " Gayle said.

GAYLE AND MAC SHANN SAY 'S 'HAPPY DAYS' TWO S ON OM ATRALIAN STORY APPEARANCE

"Mac said he was "certaly a lot better at puttg the makp on the days" were high that over time Gayle would rever the e of her left arm after surgeons transplanted healthy nerv om her right arm socket, but improvement has plateed.