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Post by barclay on Apr 19, 2011 3:43:37 GMT -7
I just received this picture from a team mate....how could anyone not recognize that I have a prosthesis ? Attachments:
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Post by allenuk on Apr 19, 2011 6:08:13 GMT -7
Cynthia:
once you are LOOKING for it, sure it's obvious. But until then, at a quick glance, you're wearing some sort of knee brace and a special elasticated sock - and if you then walk off, or even go and play TENNIS, case closed.
I think it's the Law of Good Pattern. We glance in your direction, see an attractive woman, and fit everything else into that initial pattern.
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Post by barclay on Apr 19, 2011 7:14:46 GMT -7
now I'm blushing.
I look at it and see a gigantic prosthesis with a person attached.
But you are probably right that it has more to do with expectations than appearance.
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Post by allenuk on Apr 19, 2011 7:22:39 GMT -7
Just noticed I'm 'online' at the same time as you, so I'd better skiddadle and cook the dinner, otherwise people might talk.
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Post by barclay on Apr 19, 2011 10:40:42 GMT -7
bon appetit!
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Post by headoncollider on May 16, 2011 9:14:00 GMT -7
LOL @ Barclay,, (gigantic prosthesis with a person attached). Allen is right, I didnt spot it immediately and this IS an amputee forum,,,, lol. Anyway, pros or not you look like a real cutie,,, and sporty! Oh la la! I guess if your concerned with "other people's" opinions, you could always just put one of those neoprene compression knee pads on and no one would see the socket/skin join  |
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Post by ann58 on May 17, 2011 21:15:44 GMT -7
How about those answers Barclay!!! I would feel the same way, but NO it does not stand out like I would think a prosthesis would. you look fine...really fine.
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Post by barclay on May 17, 2011 21:31:05 GMT -7
Thanks - I think the picture was a shock because the real life gestalt doesn't match my sense of what I look like - that and people at work ask me still (even when I am wearing a skirt) if the leg is all better now (I was on crutches for so long during the trying to fix it time).
The comments are especially appreciated since this is my last year in the under fifty crowd....
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Post by barclay on Oct 3, 2012 20:22:48 GMT -7
The most extreme example of people not accepting what they see happened recently on the train.
I was wearing a skirt and stockings and I notice that the man vis-a-vis was trying hard not the stare at the leg - that does't bother me and we rode for a while until he finally got up the courage and very politely asked if the screw through the leg didn't hurt.
It took a moment for me to realise that he meant the release button for the pin! When I said that it's a prosthesis, he couldn't believe it. Go figure.
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Post by allenuk on Oct 4, 2012 6:59:04 GMT -7
If I had the bottle to wear a kilt (Scots for skirt) I'd enjoy the reactions of my fellow-travellers...
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Post by stonecutter on Oct 4, 2012 15:02:31 GMT -7
Ha! That's awesome... You should have played him for a bit before telling him the truth. Could've had some fun with that!
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Post by allenuk on Oct 4, 2012 23:56:22 GMT -7
Mind you, it's not just the 'lay' persons who are ignorant of prosthetics.
I went to my dentist a few years back and took off my leg in order to be more comfortable on his chair - leaving on my liner, of course, so the attaching pin was sticking out of the bottom of the stump.
"Is that screw thing attached to your bone?" he asked.
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Post by stonecutter on Oct 5, 2012 13:31:59 GMT -7
"Is that screw thing attached to your bone?" he asked. Just reading that gave me shivers... |
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