My second fitting of my new prosthesis went well today. And I got to wear my leg home! Now I have to get my muscles, tendons, and knee joint back in shape as I re-adapt to wearing a prosthesis and weight bearing on my residual limb again. I cannot walk very far yet and have to slowly increase my distance as I can tolerate; but I'm out of the wheelchair at least part of each day now! The leg is uncomfortable at times but I'm not having the excruciating pain like I was having before. An elevated vacuum system is much different from the pin system I had before. One difference is that every night I have to plug in my leg to recharge the vacuum system. So I've taken a step in the right direction today!
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Thursday (2/11/2016)
Update:
My second fitting of my new prosthesis went well today. And I got to wear my leg home! Now I have to get my muscles, tendons, and knee joint back in shape as I re-adapt to wearing a prosthesis and weight bearing on my residual limb again. I cannot walk very far yet and have to slowly increase my distance as I can tolerate; but I'm out of the wheelchair at least part of each day now! The leg is uncomfortable at times but I'm not having the excruciating pain like I was having before. An elevated vacuum system is much different from the pin system I had before. One difference is that every night I have to plug in my leg to recharge the vacuum system. So I've taken a step in the right direction today!
My second fitting of my new prosthesis went well today. And I got to wear my leg home! Now I have to get my muscles, tendons, and knee joint back in shape as I re-adapt to wearing a prosthesis and weight bearing on my residual limb again. I cannot walk very far yet and have to slowly increase my distance as I can tolerate; but I'm out of the wheelchair at least part of each day now! The leg is uncomfortable at times but I'm not having the excruciating pain like I was having before. An elevated vacuum system is much different from the pin system I had before. One difference is that every night I have to plug in my leg to recharge the vacuum system. So I've taken a step in the right direction today!
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