I was reading a blog here where someone said that they liked being an amp. That got me to thinking about my attitudes. First of all, I'm a voluntary amp. After the accident, I had seventeen surgeries that were supposed to make the leg functional and pain free. They all were unqualified failures. I demanded that it be removed. The choice between a never ending series of futile surgeries and a functioning pain free prosthetic was a real no brainer. I really regret that I didn't have it done much sooner. But do I LIKE being an amp? If I liked it, I would view it as a positive good, something to recommend to my friends without reservations. As an amp, I have only counselled amputation once, to a guy whose arm was as painful and messed up as my leg was. Certainly being an amp has impelled me to "prove" myself and thus I have accomplished much more than I would otherwise have accomplished. I like myself and am comfortable with my body configuration. I wear a prosthetic, no cosmesis, nearly all of my waking hours, and wear shorts, no apologies, in the summer. Were I to be granted the mythical three wishes, I would still do so. Maybe if it were twenty... How does everyone else feel?
Luck
Ben


Hi Ben, you may be right about the knee, I think that I am hitting my knee cap a little because I am "falling" into the socket.. stump has lost 3 cm in diameter.. thursday I'm going to the shop to check things out! take care ben, chris
chris03:56 AM EST