I'm getting a new prosthetic at the end of this month and I'm getting sunflower material added to it. I can not wait. When you can't wear pretty shoes you get a pretty prosthetic.
I was wondering if it's possible to add a kind of stick on decoration to the larger part of the prosthetic. In a similar way to wrapping a car. Then hopefully be able to remove it weeks or months later.
@@barbara184 the folks at Hanger clinic can do some kind of lamination on the socket. Your guy can probably do it too. Mine had 3 boxes or so worth of fabric. You might be able to also find some at Joanne's fabric or something
@@barbara184 I'm not sure. I'd think stickers would wear out and come off. My prosthetic specialist takes about .75 cotton material and then puts the plastic part and wraps around. I have an example
I don’t think able bodied/non-amputee people can fully grasp how genuinely dystopian it would be to have a fucking LOGO on your body part, with no option to opt out of being a walking advertisement.
Non amputee here. I get why you'd want the company name on the product you make but...why not put somewhere where it can't be seen? Like on the inside of the socket (like on clothes, for example). I own a piece of medical equipment myself-my glasses. They are Ray Ban but you wouldn''t know that because the only place on the frame where the logo is, is on the INSIDE of the nose-bridge part of the glasses. The letters are TINY. This is part of the reason I chose this particular frame. If it can be done with glasses, which are not even a body part, as necessary as they are, why not with prosthetic limb?
As a non-amputee, I think you're right I'm imagining myself with a logo, and it feels fine. But that's just me imagining it, and only for a few seconds, as opposed to actually living with it for the rest of my life And more importantly, I'm choosing to imagine it. And as you say, that's probably the most important part. The ability to choose, or to opt out Intellectually, I think I can wrap my head around the idea that it's really not fun. But I can also tell that I'm really not grasping the full depth of it
@@elenanojkovic2554it can be done, but they make more money if they display the name clearly and visibly. They don't really have any financial incentive not to With the glasses, you've explained that you wouldn't buy them if the logo was massive and obvious. So they've got an incentive to be subtle. But I imagine it's different with prosthetics. When someone is picking a prosthetic, I imagine there are other factors that are just too important, and the logo isn't going to make anyone change their minds
I don't have a prosthesis, but I'm not fan of that either. I took the dealer decal off my car with adhesive remover. It's like, make me an itemized offer before putting an ad on my stuff thanks. Of course, the whole thing with prosthetics in the US is a consumer robbery like everything else here.
That is a great start. And it is a surprisingly important point, being able to adjust the appearance of a prosthetic is also a way of making it a part of yourself mentally. It would probably be hugely beneficial from a mental health perspective.
I don't normally watch ads, especially for pharmaceutical products, but I recently noticed you in an ad with Lady Gaga. Love seeing you get positive and productive attention. Just saw the ad again 5 days later and it was a Nurtec ODT migraine medication. I specifically watched it and paid attention just for this reason.
@@AstralTheNightwing Me too. Also saw Jo in another commercial where she appeared in a brief group shot with a half dozen other ladies. No idea what was being advertised.
All of my prosthetics have designs. I am a double amputee and currently my left leg is Deadpool themed and my right leg is Jaws themed. I've had Capt. America and Thanos themed legs too! It's my way of making people more comfortable staring at my legs. I get so many complements, especially when I go to Disney World, which is about once per month.
Oh man, it'd be so funny to have one be Captain America and the other be Iron Man and be like "They're in their Civil War era and aren't talking to each other"
@@newcastleman86 my mind frame is you have to make the best of what like has given you and this is my normal so why not add humor. I'm buying my husband a t shirt that says "my wife comes assembly required". I'm getting more t shirts for myself. Humor and a good mind frame is the key. I do have my Debby downer days but you have you only do your best. Etsy has a lot of designs to add to shirts.
Hey Jo, I'm a textile teacher. You can now get press in aglet holes, that can go around the hole you cut, and stop it from ripping. It's the metal rings you find on shoes for shoe laces to go through. OR you can put super glue around the cut to stop it from fraying/ripping
Here we decorate the hard plaster part. I get my granddaughters to tye dye fabric and they use it to cover the plaster and bake it on. I love the sock idea too!
That’s really cool actually! I myself have both my legs, but I’m an artist and writer and some of my ocs are amputees and I am now legally required to make them do this (if applicable to the setting)
There are so many mobility aids that I wish had more cute options! Like yeah I can customize my rollator and forearm crutches but most knee/joint braces just look so blah. Bibipins makes some very cute printed compression gear (wrist, ankle, knee, hip, elbow braces as well as socks and chest binders) but they are the only people I've seen who don't make just like solid black or grey braces with just like a little pop of color. There should be more options! Us disabled folk want to look cute, too!
You could also do a sleeve. I was initially on the pin system but the sleeve works better for me. One other thing to consider is you can laminate a fabric on the socket of the prosthetic. I have an eagle with an American flag. Have a guy I met have have odie on one side Garfield on the other prosthetic. He is a double amputee.
Glad you are back. I had 2 strokes in 2022. It is normal for you to feel out of yourself sometimes. I am still getting back to what is my new normal. Hope all continues well
She ain't lying. She made herself look cute AF.... ....Aye, this probably already exists, but you should design like a leather boot prosthetic to go with that. You obviously really smart, and if it's not out there already you could make some decent money in fashion design.
I went to university with a girl who had a prothstetic leg. I don’t know who decorated it, but she would have a friend paint a tattoo sleeve on it with acrylic paint. Since it could wear off she would get a new themed “tattoo sleeve every 6 months! She also had a collection of funky fishnets to wear on it too.
If you want to customise your leg further, maybe you can put stickers on it (you could even look into ordering custom ones with funny phrases or cool designs that match your personality), possibly protecting them from wear by putting a transparent varnish on top? You could even try painting it, again with the clear varnish on top to prevent the paint from chipping. I’m not sure if any of this would interfere with normal use of the leg in any way though, I am not an amputee myself and I’m definitely not an expert at all
I’m fairly sure there are prosthetics or prosthetic covers you can get that have designs. My friend has a leg with a library shelf design and a leg with origami cranes on the thigh and a cool geometric/floral-like design on the shins.
I’m not an amputee here but I’m deaf in one ear. I know it’s not noticeable to passers-by but I really hate being a walking add for my cochlear implant company.
The lacey sock does make it look really good. It's like garnishing a plate at a restaurant, it's not that big when you think of it it but when you see it there's a big difference. Either way you look great, have a blessed day!
I'm kind of interested in how well you can use your prosthetic in combat situations. I mean the fact that you don't have to have feeling in it although you may damage it. Does give you an ability to hit pretty hard if you're trained
I love this!!! I would 100% need to do something similar, I already purposely don't buy clothing with logos on it so I would want something my own style. I had noticed this in another video actually and it totally caught my eye, love it!!
Ah, Jo! I am so happy you have recovered enough to care about this! And you are right. You shouldn't have to display a brand unless they are paying you to do so. If the company making that sock are giving it to you for free, then they can use your knee as a billboard, but otherwise. Love the 1980s Madonna knee warmers 💜
I know you have been going through it and I cannot tell you how happy it makes me to see you doing something fun and for yourself!!!❤ Even if you feel wrecked after filming you still had these moments. I say this because I live in a house full of neurospicies I'm neurospicy and sometimes we have to remind ourselves that even though we felt like most of the day sucked not all of it did. Everyone has their different modality for remembering that mine if I'm having a really bad day and I feel like nothing has gone right is to write a list of the positive things that's happened in my day... So for me much like what the socks are doing right there it corrals up the the part I need to remember the most. also I really like the lacy sock over the white so it's the best. Couple places to find fun fairly cheap socks Jo-Ann's You can do it right online Also sometimes the dollar store or five below depending on what end of the stage you live in I also think maybe now you need to campaign for all of us to send you our right socks as we don't have the left ones anymore😅 More spendy but were these socks or bombas. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Greetings from the UK Jo I don't directly know any amputees and I'm not one myself - watching your videos is very enlightening as to the issues you've had losing your leg. Keep up the good work smashing the myths about amputees and disability
For the part your leg goes in, the carbon fiber looking socket/calf? I wonder if with 3D printing becoming better, stronger, cheaper, and more accessible if prosthetic wearers could just have a 3D file saved to print out a few colors or patterns to go with different styles 😅 Or have a little hinged cuff that would stay unobtrusively in the middle of the “calf” (like with a snap) which could be printed out in different colors, have ribbons woven in, etc.
My colleague made a pink one with unicorns on it and fairy lights 😁 it was absolutely magical! Another favorite was when we put a blue tooth speaker in a prostetic for a younger ampute. He was super excited about it 😊 You can see if your clinic have some collaboration with UNYQ or similar brand. Instead of traditional look they can 3D print a shell with custom designs. And they are all very pretty and fun!
Another amputee content creator @Alex1Leg has different covers for his leg that can be used like accessories. I don’t know if people make anything like that for your prosthetic or if it would cover up the logo, but it could be worth looking into!
This actually reminds me of a reality t.v. episode that took place in the early 2000's at a tattoo parlor in Las Vegas. One of the main characters/tattoo artists actually inked up, so to speak, a prosthetic leg for a client. Looked very cool afterwards. Sorry for the random comment but this short reminded me of it.
I'm getting a new prosthetic at the end of this month and I'm getting sunflower material added to it. I can not wait. When you can't wear pretty shoes you get a pretty prosthetic.
Getting a new socket on the 22nd. Really a test socket to start
I was wondering if it's possible to add a kind of stick on decoration to the larger part of the prosthetic. In a similar way to wrapping a car. Then hopefully be able to remove it weeks or months later.
@@barbara184 the folks at Hanger clinic can do some kind of lamination on the socket. Your guy can probably do it too. Mine had 3 boxes or so worth of fabric. You might be able to also find some at Joanne's fabric or something
@@barbara184 not sure if they can remove it though
@@barbara184 I'm not sure. I'd think stickers would wear out and come off. My prosthetic specialist takes about .75 cotton material and then puts the plastic part and wraps around. I have an example
The lace-and-metal look is so badass! 🎉 Such a great idea
I don’t think able bodied/non-amputee people can fully grasp how genuinely dystopian it would be to have a fucking LOGO on your body part, with no option to opt out of being a walking advertisement.
Non amputee here.
I get why you'd want the company name on the product you make but...why not put somewhere where it can't be seen? Like on the inside of the socket (like on clothes, for example).
I own a piece of medical equipment myself-my glasses. They are Ray Ban but you wouldn''t know that because the only place on the frame where the logo is, is on the INSIDE of the nose-bridge part of the glasses. The letters are TINY.
This is part of the reason I chose this particular frame.
If it can be done with glasses, which are not even a body part, as necessary as they are, why not with prosthetic limb?
As a non-amputee, I think you're right
I'm imagining myself with a logo, and it feels fine. But that's just me imagining it, and only for a few seconds, as opposed to actually living with it for the rest of my life
And more importantly, I'm choosing to imagine it. And as you say, that's probably the most important part. The ability to choose, or to opt out
Intellectually, I think I can wrap my head around the idea that it's really not fun. But I can also tell that I'm really not grasping the full depth of it
@@elenanojkovic2554it can be done, but they make more money if they display the name clearly and visibly. They don't really have any financial incentive not to
With the glasses, you've explained that you wouldn't buy them if the logo was massive and obvious. So they've got an incentive to be subtle. But I imagine it's different with prosthetics. When someone is picking a prosthetic, I imagine there are other factors that are just too important, and the logo isn't going to make anyone change their minds
I don't have a
prosthesis, but I'm not fan of that either. I took the dealer decal off my car with adhesive remover. It's like, make me an itemized offer before putting an ad on my stuff thanks. Of course, the whole thing with prosthetics in the US is a consumer robbery like everything else here.
Sounds like a tatoo you have not agreed to :/
That is a great start. And it is a surprisingly important point, being able to adjust the appearance of a prosthetic is also a way of making it a part of yourself mentally. It would probably be hugely beneficial from a mental health perspective.
How does it stay attached to your legs
I don't normally watch ads, especially for pharmaceutical products, but I recently noticed you in an ad with Lady Gaga. Love seeing you get positive and productive attention.
Just saw the ad again 5 days later and it was a Nurtec ODT migraine medication. I specifically watched it and paid attention just for this reason.
i saw that one too! i had to do a double take lol
@@AstralTheNightwing Me too. Also saw Jo in another commercial where she appeared in a brief group shot with a half dozen other ladies. No idea what was being advertised.
@@Vitaee13 Same series of ads I think. Migraine medication
I saw it too!!! The way I shrieked in excitement!!!
I saw her in the migraine med commercial with Lady Gaga and I got so excited!
All of my prosthetics have designs. I am a double amputee and currently my left leg is Deadpool themed and my right leg is Jaws themed. I've had Capt. America and Thanos themed legs too! It's my way of making people more comfortable staring at my legs. I get so many complements, especially when I go to Disney World, which is about once per month.
Photos, please!
Oh man, it'd be so funny to have one be Captain America and the other be Iron Man and be like "They're in their Civil War era and aren't talking to each other"
@@jasonsabbath6996 that is so cool. If I was a double amputee I'd do different designs too.
I love this. PLEASE tell me the Jaws one is made to look like the shark is biting you.
@@maggiemae3825 it looks like the poster with Jaws rising up through the water. It looks like he is going for my knee.
That does look more prettier. Look at you Jo, being a fashion designer icon. Love that!
@@newcastleman86 my mind frame is you have to make the best of what like has given you and this is my normal so why not add humor. I'm buying my husband a t shirt that says "my wife comes assembly required". I'm getting more t shirts for myself. Humor and a good mind frame is the key. I do have my Debby downer days but you have you only do your best. Etsy has a lot of designs to add to shirts.
Hey Jo, I'm a textile teacher. You can now get press in aglet holes, that can go around the hole you cut, and stop it from ripping. It's the metal rings you find on shoes for shoe laces to go through.
OR you can put super glue around the cut to stop it from fraying/ripping
I did not know those existed. They could be very handy for many things.
The secondary plot of what the dogs doing XD.
My favorite part of editing haha!
Here we decorate the hard plaster part. I get my granddaughters to tye dye fabric and they use it to cover the plaster and bake it on. I love the sock idea too!
Ooh, I love the black one with the design you show at the beginning!
Yup.....she's adorable. Such a wonderful attitude. I hope she enjoys a very happy life.
GIRL THATS SO CUTE
Cute! The lacey socks work really well. ❤
Omg Jo that's so clever!! I'm glad to see you're doing good 💜💙💚
I’ve been a bk amp for 54 years and I never thought about pretty socks!!! Thanks
Honestly a business should exist that offers decoration for prosthetic limbs, wheelchairs, other walking aids etc. it would be great!
I started watching you some years ago and as of yesterday I'm toeless. God knows I found you for a reason 🫂
That’s really cool actually! I myself have both my legs, but I’m an artist and writer and some of my ocs are amputees and I am now legally required to make them do this (if applicable to the setting)
There are so many mobility aids that I wish had more cute options! Like yeah I can customize my rollator and forearm crutches but most knee/joint braces just look so blah. Bibipins makes some very cute printed compression gear (wrist, ankle, knee, hip, elbow braces as well as socks and chest binders) but they are the only people I've seen who don't make just like solid black or grey braces with just like a little pop of color. There should be more options! Us disabled folk want to look cute, too!
Is a great idea! Sometimes a simple idea can make a lot ! And you did it perfectly! ❤❤
I love it. And yes the lace is on point ❤
Yay! A Jo post after several months away (dealing with serious health issues)! I've missed you! ❤️
That's such a fancy idea! Also, I ADORE your tattoos
You could also do a sleeve. I was initially on the pin system but the sleeve works better for me. One other thing to consider is you can laminate a fabric on the socket of the prosthetic. I have an eagle with an American flag. Have a guy I met have have odie on one side Garfield on the other prosthetic. He is a double amputee.
I'm the exact opposite! I started with the sleeve and switched to the pins. Isn't it fascinating how no 2 amputees are the same?
@@jasonsabbath6996 for sure my podiatrist even commented on that. I had so much trouble with the pin
Glad you are back. I had 2 strokes in 2022. It is normal for you to feel out of yourself sometimes. I am still getting back to what is my new normal. Hope all continues well
That looks absolutely beautiful, and brilliant
Your videos are very educational and help me write a main character of mine who is missing an arm! Thank you for making these educational videos! :D
THIS IS SO SMART!! Adorable!!! Thanks for sharing!
I love your attitude. You are a positive role model for others and I hope you're the type of person that doesn't mind sharing your ideas with others.❤
That's a fabulous idea! There are so many cool, fun novelty socks available!
She ain't lying. She made herself look cute AF....
....Aye, this probably already exists, but you should design like a leather boot prosthetic to go with that. You obviously really smart, and if it's not out there already you could make some decent money in fashion design.
That’s a wonderful idea! Nice to see you again 😊
Great idea. I need to do something like that with my prosthetic leg. I wish i could change up the black plastic too.
Great idea and it looks really stylish.
That's absolutely cute as hell, I love it
Honestly, this sock hack looks cute and fashionable, I hope to see more styles.
I went to university with a girl who had a prothstetic leg. I don’t know who decorated it, but she would have a friend paint a tattoo sleeve on it with acrylic paint. Since it could wear off she would get a new themed “tattoo sleeve every 6 months! She also had a collection of funky fishnets to wear on it too.
If you want to customise your leg further, maybe you can put stickers on it (you could even look into ordering custom ones with funny phrases or cool designs that match your personality), possibly protecting them from wear by putting a transparent varnish on top? You could even try painting it, again with the clear varnish on top to prevent the paint from chipping.
I’m not sure if any of this would interfere with normal use of the leg in any way though, I am not an amputee myself and I’m definitely not an expert at all
I noticed this in your shorts lately. I was thinking your leg looks really cool with the lace and wondered how you did it.
Omg I sent this to my bestie so fast! She is always complaining about how she can’t get better socks for her prosthetic! 🎉
I’m fairly sure there are prosthetics or prosthetic covers you can get that have designs. My friend has a leg with a library shelf design and a leg with origami cranes on the thigh and a cool geometric/floral-like design on the shins.
Aaaah!!!! I just saw your commercial with Lady Gaga! Congratulations!!!!!
I’m not an amputee here but I’m deaf in one ear. I know it’s not noticeable to passers-by but I really hate being a walking add for my cochlear implant company.
The black lace is so cute!
I love how comfortable and how you move with ease with your prosthesis. The sock is innovative too! ❤ Very cool 😎
That’s really cute! I never would have thought of that!
Great to see that you seem to be doing better after your stroke!
The lacey sock does make it look really good. It's like garnishing a plate at a restaurant, it's not that big when you think of it it but when you see it there's a big difference. Either way you look great, have a blessed day!
Hell yea!! I've been putting stickers on my blood sugar sensor, which is only tiny but it's still nice to personalise it
I love the lace. Very pretty.
I'm kind of interested in how well you can use your prosthetic in combat situations. I mean the fact that you don't have to have feeling in it although you may damage it. Does give you an ability to hit pretty hard if you're trained
Thats awesome, what a great tip! :D
You have a great attitude about everything
I love this!!! I would 100% need to do something similar, I already purposely don't buy clothing with logos on it so I would want something my own style. I had noticed this in another video actually and it totally caught my eye, love it!!
I might have to buy 2 socks Jo, Being a double below knee amputee. Love your videos watch you all the time.
Socks often come in pairs… so that shouldn’t be *too* hard.
@@JohnR31415I've heard that, yeah
Love it! Accessorising it looks good on you Jo.
You're absolutely gorgeous!!
The black one is really nice!!
Ah, Jo! I am so happy you have recovered enough to care about this! And you are right. You shouldn't have to display a brand unless they are paying you to do so. If the company making that sock are giving it to you for free, then they can use your knee as a billboard, but otherwise. Love the 1980s Madonna knee warmers 💜
That really does look fabulous!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
DAMN, she is absolutely gorgeous!!! ❤😍
❤you are so awesome. Thank you for the good energy. It brightened my day.
looks better as are you glad to see you again
Glad to see you seem to be doing better! ❤️ This looks great btw!
I love the commercial!!! You look AMAZAZING!!!❤❤❤
👍👍 very cool, I love this 😃!
Giiirl!!! Not you starting a fashion trend here!❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉 Awesome!!!
Also, so happy to see you up and active again❤😊
I adore your idea. It's really good. It takes from zero to hero❤😊❤
The lace is so cute!! 💕
That is such a great idea! Thank you Jo!
Yessss🎉🎉🎉🎉 Jo's on it again.. it does look better!
Unless I'm tripping I saw you on a prescription drug commercial. You killed it.
You’re gorgeous! Keep up the positive content!
I know you have been going through it and I cannot tell you how happy it makes me to see you doing something fun and for yourself!!!❤
Even if you feel wrecked after filming you still had these moments.
I say this because I live in a house full of neurospicies I'm neurospicy and sometimes we have to remind ourselves that even though we felt like most of the day sucked not all of it did.
Everyone has their different modality for remembering that mine if I'm having a really bad day and I feel like nothing has gone right is to write a list of the positive things that's happened in my day... So for me much like what the socks are doing right there it corrals up the the part I need to remember the most.
also I really like the lacy sock over the white so it's the best.
Couple places to find fun fairly cheap socks Jo-Ann's You can do it right online Also sometimes the dollar store or five below depending on what end of the stage you live in I also think maybe now you need to campaign for all of us to send you our right socks as we don't have the left ones anymore😅
More spendy but were these socks or bombas.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Greetings from the UK Jo
I don't directly know any amputees and I'm not one myself - watching your videos is very enlightening as to the issues you've had losing your leg.
Keep up the good work smashing the myths about amputees and disability
Just had a below the knee amputation, on my first week of cast. Excited to get through this part and start shaping for a prosthetic
Thats so cute! I love that youve found a way to customise your sock thats so cool hadn't thought of that before!
Smart girl! Thank you for sharing. Sometimes, we need people to show us what to do.
She's beautiful. And have a great personality ☺️💞
For the part your leg goes in, the carbon fiber looking socket/calf? I wonder if with 3D printing becoming better, stronger, cheaper, and more accessible if prosthetic wearers could just have a 3D file saved to print out a few colors or patterns to go with different styles 😅
Or have a little hinged cuff that would stay unobtrusively in the middle of the “calf” (like with a snap) which could be printed out in different colors, have ribbons woven in, etc.
THAT LOOKS SO COOL!!
Actually sucha smart idea!!
You are brilliant!!
THAT IS BRILLIANT!!
My colleague made a pink one with unicorns on it and fairy lights 😁 it was absolutely magical! Another favorite was when we put a blue tooth speaker in a prostetic for a younger ampute. He was super excited about it 😊
You can see if your clinic have some collaboration with UNYQ or similar brand. Instead of traditional look they can 3D print a shell with custom designs. And they are all very pretty and fun!
Another amputee content creator @Alex1Leg has different covers for his leg that can be used like accessories. I don’t know if people make anything like that for your prosthetic or if it would cover up the logo, but it could be worth looking into!
This is such a CUTE idea
This actually reminds me of a reality t.v. episode that took place in the early 2000's at a tattoo parlor in Las Vegas. One of the main characters/tattoo artists actually inked up, so to speak, a prosthetic leg for a client. Looked very cool afterwards.
Sorry for the random comment but this short reminded me of it.
I love your spirit!
10/10 for ingenuity!
I fucking love that look!!!!
That's pretty cool, it looks nice.
Very clever and creative!
Great Attitude!!!! I’m a AK so keep the positive energy going!!!! Marc
Great way to take back what’s already yours! ❤❤❤
That's SUPER cute actually!
Heck yes!!! I love this SM!
Cute!!! I like your stykevahd personality.
This looks DOPE!