Dual Appendix update:

Student #1 got to go home today, well, back to his campus housing, he's not flying back to Chicago area. So, he's in good spirits. His apartment is on the 3rd floor, so, I don't expect him to be out n about for a couple days. Sounds like he's moving slow n gingerly.

Student #2 is still in the hospital. I got to visit him tonight. He's in good spirits. Ready to go home. They are keeping him in, until he can break wind or move a bowel. Poor fella. He's a rather muscular guy, and he's saying his energy is pretty tapped. Not looking forward to the climb up to his apartment on the second floor, but, wanting to get out of the hospital.

Omnis, much ~ma for your students. That is a freaky coincidence.

One of my leg braces has started to crack, and the other pair I have don't fit at all because they were made when I was taking steroids and my legs were all swollen. I have an appointment in two weeks. The brace shop may be able to make the other ones fit me while I wait for the new ones to be finished. But I'm really hoping the ones I am wearing will hold on a little longer.

Yikes SJ! Are they the plastic variety or the metal flavor? If plastic, would criss cross application of duct tape help slow down the cracking and keep things together?

Yikes SJ! Are they the plastic variety or the metal flavor? If plastic, would criss cross application of duct tape help slow down the cracking and keep things together?

Plastic. Do you share a brain with my husband? That was his suggestion. Also maybe some sort of glue. We're going to see what we can do tonight when he gets home tonight. In the meantime, I'm using it as an excuse to sit on the couch and not get up too much.

Great minds think alike.

Duct tape has a grain to it, hence the idea to criss cross layers. I'd say inside and outside, although the inside layer might need to be less tape, so you fit in the brace. Not sure about glue, unless the brace has some thickness to it.

man, I did some crazy duct tape and gaffer's tape fixes on mac's braces over the years.

I'll probably try to duct tape. I tried it last time, and it didn't really work, because if all of my weight is going on it, duct tape really can't take the stress. Yes, I'm feeling like the universe is telling me to lose weight or possibly to get new braces more often. Definitely one of those.

gorilla glue AND duct tape?

IME, gorilla glue is super fantastic.

BTW, there is also gorilla tape. Which is amazing.

I'll probably try to duct tape. I tried it last time, and it didn't really work, because if all of my weight is going on it, duct tape really can't take the stress. Yes, I'm feeling like the universe is telling me to lose weight or possibly to get new braces more often. Definitely one of those.

Doubtful. More like under using the duct tape. There is a real strategy to using it, and layering it, such that it holds. Big pieces, that grip as much surface as possible, not just a strip that runs parallel to the crack. Do that strip, plus an * criss crossing in all directions. Wrap as much tape, to grip as much brace as possible, and really hold that brace together while taping it. Maybe put small pieces of (wood?) something under tape, along crack, that acts as a brace for the brace. If any of that makes sense.