Re: Chronic CP -----> Heart Attack

[Guest guest]

Right. This is what I used to throw back at doctors who seemed happy to let me

spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. No exercise --> accumulation of fat

--> heart attack. Q.E.D. I actually told my new OS (the one who did do

something for me) that if I couldn't get help I'd cut off the bottom part of my

leg myself and get a fake lower leg. You can run & play football with fake

lower legs.

Ann

Chronic CP -----> Heart Attack

Here's another thing to worry about: If you don't get much

exercise, (because it hurts to walk or run or ride a bike), you're

at risk of a heart attack. I don't smoke, eat any animal products,

am not obese at all,...but recently I've off and on felt a pain in

my chest. I did a flow chart for chest pain and was directed to go

to the Emergency Room... So I need to ramp up my bike riding (the

least painful thing for me) I suppose. -

[Guest guest]

Yes, but you still need functional and relatively pain free knees :-/

Mike

MT

Re: Chronic CP -----> Heart Attack

You can run & play football with fake lower legs.

[Guest guest]

I had assumed that when they gave you a fake lower leg, they would fit the end

of your femur with an implant so the head of the fake lower leg wouldn't grind

it away. So -- no knee, no pain.

Ann

Re: Chronic CP -----> Heart Attack

You can run & play football with fake lower legs.

[Guest guest]

I always understood if doctors decided to replace your leg, they do it

either totally above your knee joint or below. Maybe or someone

else can elaborate more.

Mike

MT

Re: Chronic CP -----> Heart Attack

> I had assumed that when they gave you a fake lower leg, they would fit the

end of your femur with an implant so the head of the fake lower leg wouldn't

grind it away. So -- no knee, no pain.