Beth,

     I'm very sorry to hear the about you, I hope your ok now and I hope
you start feeling better.  Yeah, the AFO's are very expensive.  I remember
getting two of them for the price of one now.

On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Elizabeth H. Thiers wrote:

> It is an ankle foot orthoses.  There are many types articulated and not.  I
> can't believe they are charge hundreds of dollars for the little suckers.
> All it is, is a fancy piece of thermoplastic, not hard to make either. See
> if they can get you one with perforated material.  They shouldn't be causing
> you callouses and skin break down no matter what the doctor tells you.  Get
> a wearing schedule from the doctor.  Sometimes you can get away with just
> wearing them during the day.  Build up tolerance to them by wearing them up
> to 20 minutes at a time.  And above all else, wear the correct shoes with
> them.  Which usually means wearing a larger size shoe.
>
>
> Beth the OT who is recuperating from a colonscopy.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of ( Linn A. Walsh )
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 9:30 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: AFO?
>
>
> In a message dated 2/3/00 5:16:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > << An AFO is an Articulated Foot Orthotic. >>
> >
> >  I'm articulated!  I know a lot of big words!
> >
> >
> Thought AFO stood for Ankle-foot-orthotic ! What do I know?? (I got kicked
> out of OT school....I did actually...got a C in neuroanatomy!)
>