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One handed cutting board
Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 10:47 PM AEST [General]
Donof hit me up for a few pic's or sketches of my one and only one handed tool I use - my cutting board. Yes thats right, theres no escape now you nasty carrots. Muhahaha. I've posted some quick JPG plots from CAD with dimensions in case they were needed. They should turn up in my blog pic's soon.
Regardless of which limb/s we're missing what other tools/devices/techniques (or "mods" to existing devices) do others here at LessThanFour use? Or are we all as bull headed as me and just swear at the tin opener until we find something else to eat? What are the ways you guys have found to get by lifes little challenges? Thanks
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Phantom Pain 101+(4-1)
Tuesday, September 18, 2007, 09:42 PM AEST [General]
After my recent visit to the doc' for a box of pain killers I got to thinking; how do other amputees describe their phantom pain to their doc' or other people. I mean, how do you communicate to others the sensation so that they have a rough idea whats going on? I think we've all been to the doc' and spent a lot of time trying to get them to understand the pain in greater detail in order to receive better treatment.
For me its not so much the pain (pain as in "ouch that hurt") factor that bothers me, its the effect of fighting the pain has on my memory, concentration and mood. Lots of pain = lots of grumpy, and, lots of pain = ...er..equals...? ...um... what was it again? Now I know the pain can be so different from amputee to amputee, but here's how I get people to understand the extent of my pains ability to distract me. I describe the pain as a sound, but as stereo sound in that it has a left and right channel. In the left channel are the pain/sensations that I recognise, like water running down my arm or hands touching it. In the right channel are the pains I've never experienced and if they were "sound" they'd be the buzzing of a fluorescent light and the spikes are the sounds of an old stick welder arcing out. Essentially you find a sound that is understood by yourself and the other person. The level of pain is then described as a volume level, bad pain equals loud noise. This approach seems easiest for others to understand, they understand better how the pain effects your everyday life which is really important. So, "LessThanFour" readers, how do you all describe your pain to others? How do you get them to understand the effects it has on your life? Answers like "I cut their arm off" or "I break their fingers" etc. (unfortunately) cant be counted.
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Hey there
Tuesday, September 18, 2007, 12:52 PM AEST [General]
Found myself with some spare time and thought I'd bounce around the Lessthanfour site for a bit. Whats new? The new girlfriend. Just what I needed apparently, a firey redhead to keep me in check and out of trouble. Apart from thats its been more cycling, a few "injury free" training sessions at Tang Soo Do, so that must mean I'm in for something big soon. Caved in a little early this year and I'm back taking pain killers. My poor wounded pride,but its keeping me sane. Especially at work, seems my memory can get a little flaky when my pain ramps up. I'll upload some more pics soon. Nothing exciting, just a few from a ride or two I've been on lately. Tags:
Old Faithful - version II
Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 06:56 PM AEST [General]
Just thought I'd share a little mod' I've made to my bike. A simple addition to allow the use of both brakes with only one hand. I'll let the pictures do most of the talking, but essentially its just another brake lever positioned under the front brake lever, recabled to the rear brakes. Takes about ten minutes (one handed) to coimplete. You use your index finger for front brakes and middle finger for the rear brake. Just a quik note though; braking one handed takes practise (and maybe just one crash) to get the right balance/strength. In the early days when I started cycling again after my accident I had a couple of...er ... "incidents" that left me eating the road and I can tell you - do not lead with your stump. Hitting the road with your stump hurts, but not quite as much as falling off hurts your ego.
The "Old Faithful - version II" title refers to the bike. I cycle to work every day (18km total) and try do do around 30km on the weekends. The motorists where I live are the worst on the planet and a ride of any distance garauntees you at least one brush with death. I'm serious, they drive around with their eyes shut or something.
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My first blog
Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 10:58 AM AEST [General]
Well, this is my first blog post ever. First post at "Less than four" because its my first day here. What can I say? Great site!
A brief history of me; - Bike accident (all my fault, not the bike's) on the 8th of August 1998... I have thing with the number eight obviously as the accident occurred at a quarter to eight in the evening. - Two great kids who keep my grounded. - I'm a fitness nut, I cycle, run and train in martial arts. um - I work too hard... most of the time... for a construction company.
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