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Index Number: 26938

In article <26916@handicap.news> dashiell@nadc.nadc.navy.mil
(Jude DaShiell) writes:
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>If my information is still current Dupont will be able to help you out.
>To make good prostheses you have to have good plastic for
>a start and alot of thought to give it function after that.
>I can't remember who it was, but there was a basketball player
>amateur level playing on tv in our area advertising for dupont with
>one of the prosthetic legs dupont made for him.
>
>jude <dashiell@nadc.nadc.navy.mil>

Bill Denby (sp?) appeared in the DuPont ads but DuPont did not make
the prosthesis, they only provided the plastic for the socket.
There is a lot more to a proshtesis than the raw plastic. The real
problem is finding what is available and most prosthetic facilities
only have limited skills and options. There are only a small
handfull of facilites that can provide anything but the most basic
prosthetics or help the individual determine what is right for
them. Doctors are in an even worse postition to know. I believe
that the right way to approach this is to be an informed user by
talking to other amputees, knowing what your needs are, finding a
good prosthetic facility and then finding a doctor to write the
prescription for what you want. Of course you must first deside
that you want and need a prosthesis! This is not a given and many
people function better without them than you might believe.

Bill