Their not that bad.  It helps me to walk and eliminates pain in my foot
and ankle.  I even were a Total Contact Boot to bed.  The TCB holds my
foot at a right angle and stops night spasms and pain so I can sleep
better.  So, AFO's are not really that bad in my opinion.  It's just
getting it on that is a problem.  But I just put it into the shoe/sneaker
first and then put everything on together.  What do the rest of you do, or
what do the parents of kids do to get the AFO on?


Chester Worwa


On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Betty Alfred wrote:

> In a message dated 02/03/2000 9:30:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << 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!)
>   >>
> I think it does, but I wasn't going to pass up the play-on-words opportunity.
>  It doesn't matter what they're really called anyway -- we all hate 'em.
>
> Betty (Astro's person)
>
> I tawt I taw a puddy tat.  I DID, I DID!
>
> Astro (Betty's cockatiel)
>