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Powered ankle-foot prosthesis Hi all, I just got this in an email, it is suppose to be out next year sometime. http://www.media.mit.edu/press/ankle/ Jeff ... 27 Jul 2007 09:19
Gaining weight Since I became an amputee, I have been in wheel chair since coming out of the hospital, Dec. 2006, and have noticed that I am gaining weight. I do understand that I am taking in more calories than what I am using. Now I have been told that once I get my new prosthesis and when I start to learn to walk... 25 Jul 2007 15:26
Can anyone tell me how they desensitized their stump? As mentioned, the passage of time will help, but as an AK (above knee) amputee, I also wanted to mention to everyone something that still helps me to get through sporadic occasional bouts of phantom pain. This may not work for BK's. It happened this morning as I was still lying in bed. I got severe waves of high-vol... 23 Jul 2007 10:52
A petition for those in UK http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Headley/ I can and have signed as an epatriate UK passport holder. -- Chris, West Cork, Ireland. Festina lente ... 22 Jul 2007 17:27
Desensitize a stump My prosthetic informed me that I need to desensitize the end of my stump by massaging and tapping on the end so it would be easier on me to get use to my prosthesis. He has me wear my liner and a shrink stocking over my stump to help reduce the edema and at night for me to remove my liner and only wear my shrin... 24 Jul 2007 20:00
ANSWER TO QUESTIONS "Katie Snell" <katierose01(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:... Question 1- How long isince my amputation: 6 months Question 2- how high is my amputation: It is a long amputattion it was amputated right abouve the knee. Question 3-How old are you and how is your overall health? I tuen 49 in 2 weeks... 19 Jul 2007 23:50
IAAF Says Prosthetic Legs Give Boost Oscar Pistorius - bilateral amputee runner http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/4487443.stm and http://sports.aol.com/moresports/story/_a/iaaf-says-prosthetic-legs-give-boost/20070716110009990001... 16 Jul 2007 17:46
Simple way to install XP's voice recognition software I actually just installed it in about 1 minute by using Microsoft Word (part of the Office suite). You will need your Office or MS Word installation CD's. How to install speech recognition This section describes how to install speech recognition. How to determine if the speech recognition engine is instal... 12 Jul 2007 22:57
Voice recognition software Is anyone here familiar with or had any experiences with voice recognition software? Typing is becoming difficult. Thanks ... 14 Jul 2007 19:05 |