Anyone use or have used a canne?

[AndrewBird]

Ski pole + shift knob = win.

[Ray Smoodiver]

I had to use a cane for 8 weeks after I broke my leg right at the join to the kneecap and they couldn't cast it, I used a walking pole, and it was absolutely brilliant.

Don't bother with an ornate old man's cane, get something with a good shock system in it and a good grip handle.

this is what I used http://www.leki.com/trekking/poles.php

[george graves]

I had to use a walker for about 2 months after my coma. Yea, a fucking walker - the kind old people use.



Oh, and if you want to save money on medical stuff, in each town, there will be a place that recycles old wheels chairs, and walkers and such. You can get stuff dirt cheap, and then give it back when you're done.

[KenC]

Ok so this year I spent new years eve at the hospital getting these installed:

That's my left knee:

After seeing hundreds of X-rays of horribly arthritic knees, it's kind of weird to see a normal one... aside from the proximal fib fx that is lol.

[slammin.e28]

Thx for the new desktop! ;)

[der affe]

I had to use a walker for about 2 months after my coma. Yea, a fucking walker - the kind old people use.



Oh, and if you want to save money on medical stuff, in each town, there will be a place that recycles old wheels chairs, and walkers and such. You can get stuff dirt cheap, and then give it back when you're done.

I had to do the wheel chair/ walker thing too after I got MRSA in my leg at the doaner site for the initial skin grafting. I switched to a collapsing hiking pole that my dad had after that.

A good heavy cane can work great for beating the crap out of someone, but an adjustable height hiking pole works a lot better for walking along at anything more than a shuffle .

[blocke]

Is it just the angle of the image, or does it look like the uppermost screw is slightly protruding out of the other side of the bone? Is that normal?

[KenC]

Is it just the angle of the image, or does it look like the uppermost screw is slightly protruding out of the other side of the bone? Is that normal?

Yeah, seems like that would be rubbing your MCL.

[Charley]

Don't bother with an ornate old man's cane, get something with a good shock system in it and a good grip handle.

this is what I used http://www.leki.com/trekking/poles.php

The wanderfreund model is nice and its cheap too. thx for the link.

I had to use a walker for about 2 months after my coma. Yea, a fucking walker - the kind old people use.

Oh, and if you want to save money on medical stuff, in each town, there will be a place that recycles old wheels chairs, and walkers and such. You can get stuff dirt cheap, and then give it back when you're done.

Never had to use a walker and sure hope I'll never have to. There is a
recycling place that I went to but everything they have is what the
other shops around town sell.

A good heavy cane can work great for beating the crap out of someone, but an adjustable height hiking pole works a lot better for walking along at anything more than a shuffle .

There is a lot of people who could use a beating at school. Like all the idiots
who are in perfectly good shape but still take the 30 years old elevator which
is tiny and slow as hell. Then I have to wait forever for it to show up and
when it does its full! :hitler:

Is it just the angle of the image, or does it look like the uppermost screw is slightly protruding out of the other side of the bone? Is that normal?

Yeah, seems like that would be rubbing your MCL.

Doctor said it was just the angle of the image. Its the first thing I asked when
I saw him after surgery.


Anyone have other suggestions? I'll be looking into Ray Smoodiver idea right
now.

Charley

[pfahls1]

Material

They are either stainless or titanium.

i hope those screws are stainless steel