[sudo-discuss] hacking broken ankles (knee scooters, etc)

[David Keenan]

Oh no! I'm sorry romy! Yowch. I did that too once.

That flexleg thing looks WAY better than crutches.

All I can say is be religious with regards attending to any physical
therapy after you've healed up a bit.

Best
David




On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Romy Ilano <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:

> Thanks Jake! I'm going to check out FlexLeg. It looks like a very
> interesting option.  I like the fact that they rent the devices out too,
> giving people the option not to buy them.
>
> https://www.flexleg.com/
>
> Life is a lot different with an injury. And now I'm wading through the
> complexities of the health insurance system...
> I'm much more empathetic to people in wheelchairs and with artificial
> legs. [empathy is a lot better than sympathy!]
>
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> Romy Ilano
> romy at snowyla.com
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> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> oh no romy that sucks!
>>
>> well, people used to use prosthetic legs which were basically a lower leg
>> that you kneel on top of.  so picture an upside-down L and your bad leg is
>> bent at the knee 90 degrees.  your lower leg is strapped onto the top part
>> of the upside down L.
>>
>> you put a bunch of padding on the top, and use padding on the back of
>> your calf, and then you can wear it for hours and walk on it just fine.
>>
>> people whose feet or legs were chopped below the knee walked around on
>> such things their whole life.
>>
>> like this:
>> http://gajitz.com/running-start-temporary-prosthetic-
>> for-lower-leg-injuries/
>>
>>
>
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