Prostheses

[cjsmith]

Many people with artificial feet can walk, hike, run, and even backpack. (At least if they've somehow obtained these artificial feet while the rest of their body was still functioning.)

If my doctors hadn't told me there was hope, back in 2003, we might have discussed this by now, and I could be running today.

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[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

and i bet every doc you mention that to will think you're nuts for even suggesting it.


{{{hugs}}}

i'm not sure what else to say, other than i can totally relate to your situation and your frustration. if you feel like venting some more, pull up a chair, and i'll put on the pot for tea, and you can let 'er rip.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Got any effigies of doctors I can punch? :-)

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

not immediately accessable, but i have all the makings (fabric, batting, misc sewing stuff).

or you could torture a voodoo one online (http://www.virtual-design.com/demos/voodoodoll/voodoo.asp?section=demo&subsection=voodoo)! or buy a few (one for each offending doc) and go to town. ;-)

once, a friend of mine (ours!) was having a lot of anger. i showed up on her doorstep with several small blocks of wood, a bag full of nails and a hammer. told her to go to town. i think it helped. showing up on your doorstep would be hard, but i could put together a similar care package for you.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I wonder if I'm isolated enough right now for a good primal scream.

I think yes. I don't even *know* my neighbors -- they probably won't come running for a scream. I'd be mightily embarrassed if I were wrong about that though.

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

go for it. i'm sure it'd help. if you're worried about the neighbors, scream into a pillow.

beating things is also good. tennis racket on the bed. empty milk jugs and shoes against the wall (i've done the shoes one).

the plastic that makes up most house phones is nearly indestructable, or so i was told. just don't beat the phone handset against the base -- you could dislodge the hang-up part and then the phone won't work. not that i'd know anything about that or anything. :/

definitely get it out ... i internalize all of my anger, and it comes out in other, more self-destructive ways. i tried to kill two phones, but mostly i'm just killing myself.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

At least you're not setting them on fire. Friend of a friend in college did that once. Half-melted it. Rotary phone, back then, so he could still dial it by fidgeting with the hang-up buttons. He asked for a replacement but got nowhere. He got an irked call from Jeff Schiller (the guy who ran the phone switches) because this practice was not good for the switching equipment, and presto, he had a new phone a half hour later.

Digression, sorry. Anyway I bet melted phones smell really bad so I'm glad you're just thwacking 'em.