AFOs/confidence/aesthetics

[Guest guest]

- I thought I would have a problem with my AFOs

because I have always been very conscious of my appearance

(working in a law firm will do that) but when I got my

first pair of AFOs I tried to hide them. I bought real

wide pants and after about three days decided they were

just not me! Now nobody will get me out of my straight leg

jeans and thin legged pants. They have come a long way and

with the new molded ones, you can do many different things.

They can make them different colors (I thought of hot pink

with bright purple and silver racing stripes, but that was

kind of loud for the office). I am trying different types

of paint on my first pair and am still trying decide if I

am going to paint flowers, a scene or just abstract designs.

As far as what others think, if you are confident in the way

you look nobody notices the braces. I have had people

actually tell me that they never noticed I wore them (and

that was with them over black jeans!) because of the way I

carry myself. Without my braces people notice the way I

walk and the fact that I fall all over the place, with my

braces they see a woman who walks with confidence even over

uneven ground. Sorry - did not mean to get up on my " soap

box " , I hope my thoughts help. CraftyLin.