In the last segment of the show Karen talked about the preceding year. During that time she did something she never expected to do after her accident, she starred in there movies. One of them was “A Pressed Hand” where she played Lou. The second one was a movie about Donna Kirk an LAE/RBK on “Amputation and Widowhood – Self inflicted.” I worked with several doubles including Susan to get the RBK scenes. The third was a woman who rolled a car and lost her arm at the shoulder.

Patti asked about the movies. “Well as you know I took off two weeks for each of them. The shooting was pretty intense. Each of them had some interesting challenges.”

“How is that?” Patti was asking the right questions.

“Well. Lou is an RBE amputee, I am an RAE. They had to fit me with a prosthetic elbow that had a stump like Lou’s on the end. They actually took a cast of Lou’s lower arm and molded a stump from it and fitted it to an elbow like mine.” She rolled up her sleeve. “They kept it so that if I do another BE part I can use the elbow with a different stump. Had them give it to me for today.” She wiggled the end of the stump and looked at it. “I have to tell you a story. Just after she was on the show I saw Denise in a mall. She was on crutches and wearing a BK appliance like this, she was doing the dirt biking movie of Susan’s life and needed to get accustomed to it.” Karen laughed. “Denise can make something good out of anything. She was going down the mall wiggling her stump and watching guys look. She was also wearing some other appliances at the time that were needed to look more like Susan. Let’s just say that D’s attract guys.”

Patti laughed.

“Well one of the guys that was attracted by either the stump, the other appliances of both tried to get to know her and she told him to get lost. As she did one of the appliances slipped out of it’s pocket and on the floor. He picked it up before anyone could see it and shielded her on the way to the restroom. When she came out he was still there waiting for her. He told her he wanted to see her, not the extras. She agreed to have dinner with him, went home, changed and he picked her up. They ate together, she liked him but to be safe the next day she had him checked out. She found out that he is a dot com executive her age. He has fallen head over heels for her. And she has for him. I haven’t heard of wedding plans yet but both of them are saying it will happen when the time is right. Right now she is making movies, having fun. He has gotten permission to be on the set when he has time. He treats her like a gem.”