Good luck with the migration!

His head, I mean. Not the amputation.

It’s necessary for the rest of the US to survive.

Not sure it’s necessary.

Right below the chin.

Full body amputation!

This is an awesome project that keeps track of changes in your gait, to alert you if something is amiss with the fit of your prosthesis and provide actionable data to your prosthetist.

From all accounts, like Dr Ben Carson, he is/was an actually-good cardiothoracic surgeon, like Ben Carson was an excellent neurosurgeon. Like, world-class. He just has a deep, gnawing pit of inadequacy that means he can't be satisfied with just being good in that field. We can talk shit on the guy while also acknowledging that actually educated people, people who are very very good in their fields, are also susceptible to fascist thought in the same manner as anyone else.

He's a doctor the same way Dr. Phil or MLK became doctors: he got a degree that grants him the right to tack on "doctor" to his name. That don't mean he's any good at it, or even that it adds anything of value to him at all.

“Dr.” Oz

Those are great shoes for people with upper and lower limb differences.

If you're interested in the design of Kizik shoes - and the related Nike FlyEase shoes, this article is interesting.

Reminds me of the robot hand from Army of Darkness.

Groovy

This is pretty metal. I mean I have seen things with making prosthetics but never where the person with the disability designed and made their own. So cool.

Wow!

Well, after a bad night's sleep and an awful day with a lingering hangover, the itching is mostly gone. Not quite, but it's not as insane as it was. Now only one tiny spot on one of my big toes is itching. As for the cramps... Well, I drank, so they'll be there until I flush it out of my system and rehydrate properly.

But hey, thanks for the support!

I love Ian Davis' project.. The man had a problem and a machine shop, and he solved his problem. And now he's trying to improve the lives of people who have the same problem.

Looking up TENS, they do seem very similar to each other, if not the same. If anything, the bioelectric massage seems to use the eastern medicine mystique as part of its promotion.

Unfortunately, I'm out of ideas. Unless you want to rub crystals on your skin while inhaling incense and humming to the rhythms of Enya.

If it really is nerve damage, only a true specialist can say whether something can be done medically.

I'd say keep trying things. If anything, they'll keep you occupied. Good luck to you!

Thanks for your concern!

I mostly never drink anymore. Not that I ever was a heavy drinker, but I'm old enough that it makes me sleepy now, so alcohol interferes with my life. So I just quit cold turkey years ago.

Also, it makes alcohol work better for the few times when I do need it - like now - because I don't have any habituation anymore. So it doesn't take much to hammer me real good. Like right now...

Yeah I have a healthy lifestyle. I tried yoga. It doesn't do anything for me.

I'll look up bioelectric massage. Is it like TENS? I do that too, it helps a little. Not much though.

I was conflicted about suggesting alcohol. It brings on its own set of issues and may have little effect. Personally, I wouldn't use it more than once or twice.

Next, I'm gonna presume you're maintaining a healthy diet.

Have you tried yoga? Or daily stretching exercises. Making the joints more flexible might loosen up your nervous system.

Also, have you heard of something called bioelectric massage? I know little about it, so it's unknown territory for me.

Beyond this, it's at making a wish on a falling star level. Sorry.

I wish you well and hope you find a solution that works for you. Just don't rely heavily on alcohol, it rarely ends well.

No joke, but as a last ditch effort. Have you tried wearing a prosthetic, wearing clothing over it and then scratching it?

Kind of: I'm only missing my toes. So I don't normally wear prosthetics. But I do have a pair of really realistic-looking silicone prosthetics that my wife offered me years ago, that really make my feet look whole again when I put them on.

I never wear them because they're very uncomfortable and very fragile. But I figured they looked so good, I could try to fool my noggin into believing those are my real toes, then scratch the silicone and see if it has an effect.

So I sat down and stared at my siliconed up feet for a while, and even kind of felt like I could conceivably be feeling my real toes come back to a point, but when I scratched them, it was even worse because I couldn't feet the scratching and the itch didn't go away. It made it worse because it looked so much like it should do something and it emphasized all the more that it didn't.

Also, the pressure from the silicone made the pain flare up. I tried that years ago and never tried it again because it was rather unpleasant.

Also, if you can take into consideration picking up a sport as a hobby (presuming you haven’t already tried), having most muscle in your body hurting might offset the focus on only that one particular area.

Sadly it's winter now, and my usual winter sport is cross-country skiing, and I really can't do that right now. Too much pressure on the funny bits.

I did try to waste myself at the swimming pool earlier. I'm busted and kind of sore everywhere now but it's not really doing anything. It did provide respite for a couple hours because I could forget the itch while I was in the water, but if anything, it makes the cramps worse.

Right now I'm at the hotel and I've decided to try the most old-fashioned neurological distraction: hard liquor. I'm drinking myself to sleep right now. Hopefully I'll get some sleep for starters, and maybe I'll be so damn drunk the itch will let go of me for a few hours..

No joke, but as a last ditch effort. Have you tried wearing a prosthetic, wearing clothing over it and then scratching it? Either directly or leaving it on, then when the sensation hits, scratch absentmindedly without even giving it a look or active thought. If you have it, maybe use latex for softness like skin, or something similar.

Also, if you can take into consideration picking up a sport as a hobby (presuming you haven't already tried), having most muscle in your body hurting might offset the focus on only that one particular area.

Huzzah!

Glad to hear this!

Come on, name and shame

Caring about kids is political. If someone hates politics, they hate kids. It's as simple as that.