Latest build for the legless

[Timmo]

Broke my leg a couple of weeks ago. Wish I'd been doing something heroic (I threw the child to safety as the truck bore down on me...) actually I just slipped and fell on a muddy footpath while out for a healthy walk in the country. Took out the fibula and a chunk of the tibia (that's for all the doctors who visit this forum!)

Can't drive. Very tedious. Also, when using crutches, you can't even carry a cup of team let alone spend time in the workshop. Solution in the pictures… only a prototype but it does work.





Made of scrap pieces of all sorts. Not worn it in public yet but it allows me to lend a hand in the kitchen and get around the workshop.

[alopenboat]

Is there a parrot to go with it?


On 8 Mar 2013 at 6:55, Timmo [via UK HBBR Forum] wrote:

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>
> Broke my leg a couple of weeks ago. Wish I'd been doing something
> heroic (I threw the child to safety as the truck bore down on me...)
> actually I just slipped and fell on a muddy footpath while out for a
> healthy walk in the country. Took out the fibula and a chunk of the
> tibia (that's for all the doctors who visit this forum!)
>
> Can't drive. Very tedious. Also, when using crutches, you can't even
> carry a cup of team let alone spend time in the workshop. Solution in
> the pictures... only a prototype but it does work.
>
> <http://uk-hbbr-forum.967333.n3.nabble.com/file/n4026231/New_leg_1.jpg
> >
>
> <http://uk-hbbr-forum.967333.n3.nabble.com/file/n4026231/New_leg_2.jpg
> >
>
> Made of scrap pieces of all sorts. Not worn it in public yet but it
> allows me to lend a hand in the kitchen and get around the workshop.
>
>
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Hoping for calm nights

Alastair Law,
Yeovil, England.
<http://www.little.jim.freeuk.com>

[Jeremy]

Looks neat, I'm looking forward to reading the comments from our resident doctors.

(I wonder why we seem to have a disproportionate number of doctors here?)

[Chris Waite]

That Jeremy, is 'cos real quacks would rather be sailing

I think that has to be the cleverest piece of kit I've seen for a month of Sundays.  You did do it on a Sunday, didn't you TimmO?

I can't quite tell, does it have a cup-holder on it?

Christo the W

[Timmo]

No Parrot. Will work on that. Cupholder also missing. Have just modified the foot, minor strife after making dents in kitchen flooring!

[Chris Partridge]

You have gone one better than IK Brunel, who designed a machine for removing a half sovereign from his windpipe while it was in situ - he had 'chaps' to make it for him, you built your crutch yourself.
When the editor of the Times broke a leg skiing and was photographed in all the papers hobbling through Heathrow on crutches, a sub was fired for circulating a message "In the country of the legless, the one-legged man is king."

[Michael Rogers]

Clearly a boat-builder at work. The sheer is very attractive, avoiding a slab-sided look. Can't comment medically because I'm not (never was) an orthopod, and it would depend more precisely where and what the damage to tib and fib is. However, if it's comfortable I'm sure it's doing no harm. Regular 'time out' might be prudent to avoid any risk of DVT, particularly if you can't wriggle the affected ankle. (There I go, commenting medically: occupational conditioning I'm afraid.) Do take it to your next orthopaedic clinic appointment, and tell us how they react! A possible fortune looms, subject to the odd protective patent application. The parrot should definitely be a Norwegian Blue.

[alopenboat]

On 9 Mar 2013 at 14:10, Michael Rogers [via UK HBBR Forum] wrote:

> The parrot should definitely be a Norwegian Blue.


That might cause even greater problems if the traditional support
system is used and it is nailed to the perch.

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Hoping for calm nights

Alastair Law,      
Yeovil, England.
<http://www.little.jim.freeuk.com>          

[Timmo]

Thanks Michael. Only wear it for an hour max so I get to wiggle plenty. Actually quicker getting around on crutches but it's a pain not being able to carry things. Curretly obliged to inject myself daily with blood thinning drugs, apparently it reduces risk of DVT as well as making me less attractive to vampires. A great relief.

On the parrot theme... Norwegian Blue (beautiful bird!) is a good thought but I believe individuals of the breed are susceptible to terminal exhaustion if they indulge in a prolonged squawk.

Regarding the patent; I'm not planning on going there but have you seen the prices people charge for gear to help you get about with broken ankles etc. £300 for a little scooter thing you rest your knee on for example!! Maybe there is a niche there after all.

On 9 Mar 2013, at 22:10, Michael Rogers [via UK HBBR Forum] wrote:

> Clearly a boat-builder at work. The sheer is very attractive, avoiding a slab-sided look. Can't comment medically because I'm not (never was) an orthopod, and it would depend more precisely where and what the damage to tib and fib is. However, if it's comfortable I'm sure it's doing no harm. Regular 'time out' might be prudent to avoid any risk of DVT, particularly if you can't wriggle the affected ankle. (There I go, commenting medically: occupational conditioning I'm afraid.) Do take it to your next orthopaedic clinic appointment, and tell us how they react! A possible fortune looms, subject to the odd protective patent application. The parrot should definitely be a Norwegian Blue.