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Thanks Chester, the doc was right, the prep was the worse part. I feel much
better with some fluids in me. However, still no definate answers.
Beth, the OT
-----Original Message-----
From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Chester M Worwa
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 6:45 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: AFO?
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?
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>
> 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!)
>
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