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To: MagUSNRET

Off topic, but I read a story recently about the current season of the Bachelor. One of the ladies is a partial amputee...at birth, they had to amputate her left arm just above the elbow. She’s very attractive, accomplished. I’m wondering why she doesn’t have a prosthetic device. They are remarkable. Same thing for the girl surfer who had her arm bitten off by a shark. She’s made a remarkable comeback. Is there a certain community of those who have lost limbs who don’t want artificial ones?


327 posted on 01/17/2013 9:34:45 AM PST by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: ken5050

Some folks...particularly those born without limbs, or who lost them at a very young age, tend to adapt to not having that limb, and generally function better without a prosthetic in some cases! Others just find the prosthetic too cumbersome, or too difficult to get used to, or are simply content with what they have (or don’t have)..


330 posted on 01/17/2013 3:15:31 PM PST by MagUSNRET
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