A few weeks later, the doctor finally approved the use of a moon boot. (‘Walking boot,’ in Canadian English, アキレス腱装具, in Japanese) This special boot uses wedges (shanks) to keep your ankle at a certain angle. At specific time intervals, you can remove the wedges to reduce the angle of your ankle. You gradually work your way from 120 to 90 degrees. I was pleased to graduate from the iWalk 2.0 to the moon boot. Although I wasn’t much faster than before, I could finally get around town without looking so conspicuous. It was also a lot easier to get in and out of the car.
Ouch! My Experience with a Ruptured Tendon (2)
Brandon Hune • 2021年6月18日
日曜日の先生、Brandonの日記、続編です。
下に英単語訳を載せていますので、参考に読んでみて下さいね！！
While surfing YouTube, I came across an ad for a device called the iWalk 2.0. This crazy contraption seemed too good to be true. It looked like a pirate's peg leg, and it claimed to allow its users to walk around with free hands. Despite these wild claims, I was desperate to get away from crutches, so I gave it a go and bought it. Unfortunately, it wasn't
readily available in Japan, so I bought a fake copy of it on Amazon. Once it arrived, I quickly unboxed it and put it together. Compared to crutches, the difference was
like night and day! I could finally walk around 'normally' again! It was well worth the money. The only problem was most people have never seen such a device, and it had quite a
gaudy,
toyish look. People either stared or asked too many questions. Because of how big it was, some people assumed I had had a second accident! I can’t blame them; it looked like I had had my leg
amputated or something. (Knock wood.) Despite the embarrassment factor, I endured and used that Lego-looking peg-leg all over town. My kids thought it was cool; my wife, on the other hand, not so much.
readily すぐに、簡単に
like night and day （昼と夜ほど）大きな差がある
gaudy 派手な
toyish おもちゃの様な
amputate 切断する
Knock wood 悪い事が起きない様に、木製品にふれて言うおまじない。地域により違う。
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