That is a great thread, one that makes us see how much we don’t appreciate life and health enough.
[quote]miszu1 wrote:
I grew up with this guy. We were great friends. He slept on the top bunk of a bunk bed. No real arms or legs and NEVER wanted prostetics (sp). He is pretty amazing.
http://www.bretteastburn.com/html/about_brett.html
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There is a theory that those whose have a prosthetic limb and compete in endurance sports such as track, actually have an advantage by having less “metabolic overhead”. In short, the heart only has to feed one leg and therefore the athlete can better supply oxygen to the rest of his muscles.
Interesting theory, but for gods sake, I’m sure the athlete would give up that “edge” for more metabloic overhead (two legs) any day of the week.