Update:
I have my six-week post-op appointment with my surgeon in Indianapolis on
Monday morning (8/13). I send him
regular updates and photos of my limb so he knows how I’m doing. He’s already told me that he plans to give me
the okay to start working on having a new prosthesis made. Awesome!!!
My Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Doctor was tremendous squeezing
me in to her jammed schedule on short notice so that she could be prepared to
write the prescription for my new prosthetic leg.
I’ll travel to Indianapolis (500 miles) on Sunday (8/12), so I’m ready
for my Monday morning appointment.
I’ve already set up an appointment with my prosthetist in Cincinnati
metro area on Monday afternoon. He makes
the prosthesis in his own shop from start to finish. With all steps, the adjusting, and getting it
just right, it usually takes a week to ten days depending on how things go for
me to walk out of there and head home.
The hotel where I stayed in the past has finally been completely
remodeled. In the past because I was
there for medical reasons and stayed about ten days, they gave me a great rate
of about $95 per day. Now that they’ve
remodeled, the rate went up to $175 a day.
I liked the spot I used to stay at; but not at that price! No, thank
you! I found a different place with more
reasonable rates about a 25 minute drive away.
The first few days in Cincinnati will mainly be spent sitting around
while Rob builds my leg. After that,
most of my time is spent walking and wearing the leg to see how it fits and to
make any adjustments needed.
Being that I live 750 miles away from my prosthetist means I have to
invest the time and energy all in one blast to get there, and get it right
before I come home. Hopefully the
process goes quickly.
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