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fourth ☕✨ text (AMA! un: mercy)
Hello, Lunatia! I hope this finds you all well. I'm Dr. Angela Ziegler, if we've yet to have the pleasure. The doctor who owns the Second Nature (Free) Clinic on the beach in level 2.
I have seen a lot of new faces of late and quite the number of questioning entries, as well as some other Q&As, so I thought that I would offer one a little more... medically professional? And from someone who has been here for a year, now.
I'm sure it is quite disorienting here at times and I would like to offer some peace of mind and an open venue to ask anything you'd like, whether it's about this place or its changes, pre-existing medical concerns, how to administer a massage for a partner, what goes into cybernetics, creating a swedish torch as the weather warms up for hiking, or even simply just coffee shop recommendations. Everyone is welcome to try me.
If even posting anonymously is a bit too much, you are free to contact me privately as well.
( ooc: "trauma surgeon, combat medic, former CMO of a peacekeeping organization, prosthetics/cybernetics specialist, and coffee aficionado, AMA!" time! why is blizzard like this she's so much... please feel free to private lock replies to assume messaging her on the side, remember your content warnings in subject titles for Risky Business topics, ask others' permission before threadjacking, and go wild! )
I have seen a lot of new faces of late and quite the number of questioning entries, as well as some other Q&As, so I thought that I would offer one a little more... medically professional? And from someone who has been here for a year, now.
I'm sure it is quite disorienting here at times and I would like to offer some peace of mind and an open venue to ask anything you'd like, whether it's about this place or its changes, pre-existing medical concerns, how to administer a massage for a partner, what goes into cybernetics, creating a swedish torch as the weather warms up for hiking, or even simply just coffee shop recommendations. Everyone is welcome to try me.
If even posting anonymously is a bit too much, you are free to contact me privately as well.
( ooc: "trauma surgeon, combat medic, former CMO of a peacekeeping organization, prosthetics/cybernetics specialist, and coffee aficionado, AMA!" time! why is blizzard like this she's so much... please feel free to private lock replies to assume messaging her on the side, remember your content warnings in subject titles for Risky Business topics, ask others' permission before threadjacking, and go wild! )
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It's removable. I usually take it off when I sleep. You can take a look.
[ Permission given easily and freely. It's strange, really, that he takes it off as he sleeps. That herbivore instinct runs deep in him, and taking off the leg as he sleeps means he can't act on it suddenly. He watches her, nodding. ]
I don't.
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So she's gentle, once given permission, and she eases the base free and has a look at the remainder of his leg just barely reaching her knee to rest on before studying the inside of the prosthetic.
Hmm... One quick improvement, perhaps. She gives his leg a little pat and eases it from her knee so she can stand, flitting into one drawer— no, the next down— there we go, and producing a length of silicone, speaking all the while to him. )
It looks like you healed very well; still, I always worry about scar tissue strain, and sometimes it knots up on people well after its healed. I have something else to use as an insert for comfort that will help mitigate that.
( She removes the felted padding from his prosthetic base and copies it to length with the silicone, and takes a few minutes to meld it into a cup to insert right back in. She'll wander back over and resume her seat while fussing with the fit, but she'll gesture for his leg again to replace it, and hand him the old pad. )
Let's give this a go; it's silicone. It will hold up far longer and be gentler on you. And it should feel more comfortable. This material is often used in assisting healing since it regulates well, perforated like this— it can wick away moisture or keep it closer, depending, and helps scar tissue remain supple. But if you don't have any questions, I have what I need, so you're free to go, Louis. I'll contact you again here in a couple of days when I finish the rod adjustment so we can get that installed for you.
( He's offered a hand to get back on his feet, and she'll look to him expectantly for how the new insert feels, curious. )
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When he stands, he shifts his weight between his right - prosthetic - and left foot. He seems to be checking for feel. It's amazing such a simple thing did all of the things she's describing. It is a small bit more comfortable, even.
He bends at the knee, shifting a little. ]
I don't have any questions. The functionality is the most important part to me.
[ He takes a couple steps and seems to have no issues. ]
Thank you.
[ He'll be on his way, then. ]