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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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Your father's story inspires me. He fought like hell, which tells me I can still fight like hell, and when this was a better choice he had the courage to take it. I honestly don't know if I would, right now. (But it's logically a clear choice. I can have pain and have the rest of me be fit and healthy, or I can have foot pain that reduces me to a couch potato.)