Everyone loves all the amazing artificial legs. It’s almost like people believe they are better than an actual human leg.
I’m sure some of the amazing advancements are exactly amazing advancements. Sadly an amazing bionic hand nor any of the super bionic legs, nor blade fake feet hold much use for me.
I have a hip-disarticulation amputation. Which actually upon thinking about it, reads like something I don’t have more than something I do have. When I had my osteogenic sarcoma it was in my femur. So the orthopedic surgeon removed my entire femur to do the best to ensure the cancer was entirely removed. Without the femur means I have no hip joint or anything lower. Well except the Fantomsmärta (phantom pain) of course.
So I get around on crutches instead of a full leg prothesis. Despite advancements, minor in my opinion, the leg option is more cumbersome and uncomfortable than crutches.
Now I just need to get a much better permanent handgrip solution. But more on crutches another day.
The world’s first artificial leg capable of simulating the feelings of a real limb and fighting phantom pain was unveiled by researchers in Vienna on Monday.
neat inventions all around. I won’t wear another hip-disartic protheses again. Too slow, very uncomfortable, and makes many tasks complicated, like getting in or out of a car. I know there are workarounds but not enough for getting me back on one (or should I say two) again.