Chapter 1 – The Fall As Beth cleared the last high hurdle in the steeplechase course, Beth’s horse caught its hoof on the last rung of the jump and collapsed to the ground. Beth’s body was thrown to the ground like a rag doll being shot from a canon. Before her body had come to [...]
I was only seventeen and I wanted to die. I couldn’t believe it, I had never had to take such bad news in my life. I thought that living with this thing for the last four years had been bad enough, but this, how was I going to face it. Surely things couldn’t get any [...]
It was my first time out in public wearing a cervical collar and I was nervous. I had started my day out as usual when I got in my truck and went to town. On the way there I had this wild idea about going into the local Wal-Mart and doing my shopping with my [...]
It had been almost six months since my divorce and although I was lonely I still forced myself to keep from letting anyone get close to me again. After working the same job in a local hospital for the past 15 years I had established many friendships among my co-workers but even they were unable [...]
Hey, You might think it’s cool and sexy to be permanently strapped into one of the most cruel and restrictive medical braces ever invented for many years of your life. Well I’ve got news for you. It may at times feel very sexy being in contact with all that plastic, leather and metal but it [...]
Bogus!! (New info has proven that this story is bogus so please consider it as fictional!!) A true story from a real Halo user!! Below you will find a series of questions from Bink to Shannon, a young woman who is currently wearing a HALO Brace after being injured in an accident. Many thanks to [...]
‘You only come to see me to have your own views confirmed don’t you!’ my ‘orthopod’ said with a smile as he examined my new brace. ‘Fine. If you are happy with that, then continue to wear it and come and see me in a month – earlier if there’s any change for the worse. [...]
Today, teenagers who suffer from curvature of the spine – scoliosis – are treated with a brace, and if the curve continues to develop, they usually undergo surgery to fit metal rods into their spine, to stabilise and reverse the curve. Once these rods are in place, the patient can live a normal life. Immediately [...]
I stood in the middle of my apartment staring at my latest acquisition. It was perfect – gleaming, polished metal, smooth thermoplastic. I felt like a new parent, bursting with anticipation. Sure I had plenty of other braces that were far more restrictive and rigid, but this one had a special purpose. I had this [...]
Chapter One When I was in the fifth grade, this girl I knew and liked kinda-sorta, showed up for class with some thing sticking out of her blouse, at the neck, and it also looked like something was under her shirt as well, I didn’t give it much thought at the time, but when we [...]