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September 29, 2007 by keiron 1 Comment

iLimb Hand
iLimb Hand

I’ve started the process to get an i-Limb hand from TouchBionics! This week I met with Dr. Suzy Kim at Kaiser in Martinez. I had been referred to her by my general doctor so I could make a case to get an i-Limb hand. I hadn’t met Dr. Kim before, so didn’t know what to expect. Suffice to say, I was suitably impressed. She was very open to hearing about the challenges I’ve had with my conventional, body-powered device and after an examination of my stump said she felt I would be a good candidate for a myo-electric device.

Shipping Case
Shipping Case

I showed her the data sheet on the i-Limb hand and she agreed that it could make quite a difference for me and agreed to put in a referral so I can get one…the process is underway! I’m keeping my fingers crossed that Kaiser agree to pay for it.

Side-by-Side Comparison
Side-by-Side Comparison

Since I meet Stuart Mead, CEO of TouchBionics, earlier this year I have been able to get an i-Limb hand in advance of getting through the Kaiser approval process, so I contacted Rich Sire at Diablo Prosthetics & Orthotics to start the process of getting it fitted. The guys at TouchBionics and Rich have been great!

And the hand arrived this week. It comes in a heavy duty case, all sealed up, that contains the hand itself, cosmesis (the outer skin), battery & charger, instruction manuals and a cute, little toolkit.

Myo-electric Test
Myo-electric Test

So on Friday I met with Rich to start the process of fabricating a socket for the hand. The first step was to use a myo-electric tester to find the best sites for the electrodes. Once these had been identified Rich was able to mark up the test socket he’d built so he knew where they would need to be located.

The next job is to fabricate a full test socket that I can then really use to try out the hand before he makes a final carbon fiber one. If all goes well I should be up and running with in the next month!

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Tee Time

September 17, 2007 by keiron 2 Comments

Playing Golf One Handed
Playing Golf One Handed

Kerry and I have taken up golf (some of you may laugh I know…I always said I’d never play golf since it’s a boring game)! Well we took our first lesson this morning with Dale Bradley from San Ramon Golf Club, a local public golf course.

Neither Kerry or I have ever really played golf before, knocking a ball around at a pitch & putt course many years back is about the limit of it…that and crazy golf of course! Anyway, we thought this would be something fun we could learn together. I’m learning to play one-handed. Since I never played golf before the accident I figure I’m not going to miss not using my left hand now.

Playing Golf
Playing Golf

Interestingly TRS (one of my favourite prosthetic companies) has a golf attachment, but it seems to be for people who lost their leading hand, right hand in my case,  so I’m not sure if it would work for me…I’ll see how I get on with one hand.

As you can see from the photos I’ve got great technique…not…but, at least I could hit the ball about 100 yards with a 6 iron, kind of in a straight direction, maybe one out of every 10 shots. More practice definitely required!

It’s funny, but earlier this year at a Stumps ‘R Us event we got speaking to a lady who was involved with the Amputee Golf Association, apparently they have tournaments around the country and world for amputee golfers. So you never know, I could be the Tiger Woods of the amputee golf world!

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