me, that's who!

From one of my absolute favorite little corners of the internet, explodingdog :

who needs legs?

I think that might even be me back there in the green shirt. Sort of wanting a leg but kind of hiding at the same time.

There's been quite an absence of prosthetic talk around here...have you noticed? Last I wrote of it, I'd been detailing my trials and tribulations regarding the new socket, and the non-matching parts, remember?

I don't think I've written a thing about my prosthesis since.
There's been nothing to report.
I've hardly worn the leg.
It's been kind of standing there propped up in a corner of the bedroom serving no purpose whatsoever. It's not even been made useful as a coat rack.

After I got that new socket back in May, every time I put the leg on, I broke out in this odd looking rash that made my residual limb look polka-dotted. And if I walked around long enough (like 3-4 hours), it would create an open sore (sorry, don't mean to gross you out) on my bumm that took at least a week to heal before I was able to wear the leg again and comfortably be able to bear weight on it.

This is not my prosthetist's fault. Sockets always need a little tweaking, and he's totally up for fixing things when they aren't quite right. But I never called him. I decided that I didn't have time to deal with any of this crap over the summer with all of the hours of rehearsals and performing and touring, especially since I dance without the prosthesis anyhow. But I promised myself I'd get things sorted out when the run of the show was over. I think I returned from touring around August 8th or something, and hellooooo, we're now nearing the end of September and up until a few days ago, I still hadn't done a thing.

You see, it is just way too easy for me to get by without my prosthesis.
I don't miss her at all.
Quite frankly, she is a pain in the ass (literally), and I have had way too much time away from her to know that although she is nice to have around, she is not entirely neccessary.
But she's a pricey little princess to be left sitting in the corner collecting dust, and honestly, I really would like to make things with her work out. Even if I don't end up using her all day every day, it would be grand to have her as another mobility option, say for things like "swabbing the decks with me peg leg" (bwahaha, Sara). I mean, just close your eyes and try to picture me mopping the kitchen floor in a wheelchair leaving little tire track doughnuts everywhere. Kinda pointless, eh? Anyhow, at the very least, she should at least make herself show that she's worth her $30K pricetag (I know, don't choke).

And let us not forget the other very important reason to wear the leg. I have been working on hand-knit socks with custom dyed sock yarn gifted to me to match my fake leg, remember!

That photo was taken yesterday when I dropped MyFK off at school. See??!! How cute is that!! I have an ensemble! The leg at least needs to be worn as an accessory to the socks and the scarf, no??

Ok, so here's bringing things up to speed. I put on the leg for the first time in awhile on Wednesday. I wore the leg that night for maybe 3-1/2 hours, most of which was spent just sitting at Stitch-N-Bitch. I wore it again yesterday for mabye a total of 4 hours, with walking time maybe being a total of 20-25 minutes. I now have the spots on my leg and the sore on my butt, and that was my plan...'cuz the leg doc really needs to see this. I have an appointment with him in an hour...and actually....I gotta go.

Make me tell you how it went, because if you don't hear back about it, it does not mean that all is well and good and quiet on the western front.

It means that the princess is back in the corner wearing a dunce cap.
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Thanks all for the blogiversary wishes! I don't have the time to respond to all of them individually, but they did give me warm fuzzies, and the pirate ones just cracked me up.

Drawing tonight at 8pm Pacific, so get your name in there if you still want to ;-)