Is it true that if you get your arm amputated that you can still feel it because you still have the nerves in your body

Question: Is it true that if you get your arm amputated that you can still feel it because you still have the nerves in your body form your arm?
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Asked by to Kate, Kieren, Nicola, Rowena, Roy on 14 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
- Rowena Fletcher-Wood answered on 14 Mar 2014:
  
  Sometimes, yes. This is where your brain hasn’t caught up with the physical reality of the injury so fails to accept something it doesn’t want to be true!
- Kate Nicholson answered on 14 Mar 2014:
  
  Sometimes yes – you can even trick your brain into feeling and arm that isn’t yours! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJEdag1v10

jadeholland123 commented on 15 Mar 2014:

Thats really cool!!!!

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Question: Is it true that if you get your arm amputated that you can still feel it because you still have the nerves in your body form your arm?