<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Thanks for the suggestion Eddie!<br><br>As much as I like aspects of homeopathic medicine, "tradition" and curbing the abuses of corporate medicine.... <br></div>modern medicine kind of rules! <br>
<br>I'm reading all these horror stories about people losing limbs using wooden splints through traditional bonesetters in some cultures, and about people becoming permanently crippled after injury in ancient times. <br>
<br></div>I just hope we can find a way to whack down the insanity of the American healthcare system. I'm lucky I have COBRA, but since it's not active (yet) I suspect I have to wait a week longer for surgery than if I had had insurance from the start. It's always an eye opener. <br>
<br></div>I'm happily surprised at how comprehensive the social healthcare system is in San Jose. The Valley Medical Center is pretty good overall for poor people, and there's even a form of subsidized health insurance for low income people that I'd find in Germany. I don't think this kind of stuff is publicized this much, and I'm wondering how many poor people are aware of this. <br>
<br></div>Despite all the issues people have with ObamaCare and although we know the single payer system is the way to go, it's a step in the right direction right? <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Romy Ilano <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:romy@snowyla.com" target="_blank">romy@snowyla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Thanks everyone!<div><br></div><div>I'd love to "teleport" through the wonders of wifi to participate in the sudo meeting tonight. Is anyone willing to webcam me in?</div><div><i>(just think, a few years ago before Google Hangoust or skype this would have been prohibitively expensive - although I do spend more time looking at lolcat photos using social media than I do creating amazing solutions to help handicapped people in my life)</i></div>
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</div><div>Romy Ilano</div><div><a href="mailto:romy@snowyla.com" target="_blank">romy@snowyla.com</a></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Eddie Che <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eddiemill@gmail.com" target="_blank">eddiemill@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">If you find it, there is actually a hack for that-- you can use Comfrey and put some water in, and make a poultice. You'd be able to find it in any park in San Francisco, and the former gezi farm had some which is, on Oak St. and Laguna. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfrey" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfrey</a> Good luck Romy!<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Chris Bee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hotelcompany@gmail.com" target="_blank">hotelcompany@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>No bueno...wishing you a speedy and full recovery. <br><br></div>-chrisbee<br><br></div>PS- If you need anything, let me know.</div>
<div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 9:52 AM, David Keenan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dkeenan44@gmail.com" target="_blank">dkeenan44@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Oh no! I'm sorry romy! Yowch. I did that too once.<div><br></div><div>That flexleg thing looks WAY better than crutches.</div>
<div><br></div><div>All I can say is be religious with regards attending to any physical therapy after you've healed up a bit. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Best</div><span><font color="#888888"><div>David</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Romy Ilano <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:romy@snowyla.com" target="_blank">romy@snowyla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks Jake! I'm going to check out FlexLeg. It looks like a very interesting option. I like the fact that they rent the devices out too, giving people the option not to buy them. <br>
<br><a href="https://www.flexleg.com/" target="_blank">https://www.flexleg.com/</a><br>
<br></div>Life is a lot different with an injury. And now I'm wading through the complexities of the health insurance system... <br>I'm much more empathetic to people in wheelchairs and with artificial legs. [empathy is a lot better than sympathy!]<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Jake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jake@spaz.org" target="_blank">jake@spaz.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
oh no romy that sucks!<br>
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well, people used to use prosthetic legs which were basically a lower leg that you kneel on top of. so picture an upside-down L and your bad leg is bent at the knee 90 degrees. your lower leg is strapped onto the top part of the upside down L.<br>
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you put a bunch of padding on the top, and use padding on the back of your calf, and then you can wear it for hours and walk on it just fine.<br>
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people whose feet or legs were chopped below the knee walked around on such things their whole life.<br>
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like this:<br>
<a href="http://gajitz.com/running-start-temporary-prosthetic-for-lower-leg-injuries/" target="_blank">http://gajitz.com/running-<u></u>start-temporary-prosthetic-<u></u>for-lower-leg-injuries/</a><br>
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