How am I going to fit into this? July 23 by Steve
Kim, my partner, says the socket looks edgy because it almost appears as if my stump were tattooed and the foot is attached directly to me. I’m almost embarrassed to say I’m spending way too much time walking around looking down at my leg and being pleased with myself. Hey, I may as well have fun with this. How many people get to recreate parts of their body every few years and custom design the skin while they’re at it?
However, I have run into my first difficulty in breaking in the new leg. The socket is still a bit too tight. Wayne enlarged it from the test socket, so I can actually put it on in the morning. But my stump goes numb after a while and it remains uncomfortable through the morning until my stump shrinks a bit. I’m not sure what to do about this, but would like to try to solve it myself before I bug him.
The other issue is that the leg clicks when I walk on it. That’s less important since it doesn’t cause discomfort, but will eventually drive me batty if it keeps clicking. I’d like to figure out what exactly is making the sound and see if I can solve it.
I try to be patient about this stuff, work out options and try them, but will ask Wayne for help if they don’t work or it starts to hurt.
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Neal Aug 4
I had the clicking in my last leg. It was caused by the set screws on the pyramid coupling. They rounded off the back of the screws to get a better bite and that solved the problem. I hate not being able to sneak up on someone. :))
Steve Aug 7
Neal, thanks for the tip. I’ll mention your fix at my next appointment. Stay sneaky, not squeaky!