I just got back from snowboarding about an hour ago!!!!  Can you believe it??? I've only had my prosthesis since November...:) I did pretty descent... I fell a few times... but even people with two real legs fall ...LOL....  My calf muscle on my fake side was killin' me! I'm not use to using it as much as I did today. Whoo... Man I'm beat. I think I broke a rib. I went donw hard on my hand in my chest. Ouch! So anyhow. Anyone else out there go snowboarding with a prosty????

Well I'm heading down to the prosty shop once again tomorrow. I called the prostetist and explained the pain I'm having. I have a pretty profound calf muscle, even after the surgery. So he thinks the hard shell the pros has needs to be venstrated (sp?) meaning the hard shell needs to have a soft liner inside that can expand along with my calf muscle. What was happening was....every time I bent down to get something my calf muscle would stretch, then as it went back to settle in it;s original spot the fibula bone, I think , would feel like it's peirceing my muscle. OUCH!!!! It would almost make me fall it hurt so bad. I'm a tough guy, but damn that hurt!! So we're gonna take another bat at it. Hopefully this does the trick. I had to swith back to my old leg because of it. I liked the new leg. It's so much less bulky, lighter, easier to bend. It was a seal in suction, as compared to an outer suction sleeve. The alchohol spraying of the thing is a bit of a pain, but hey, I guess that's little to worry about to be able to walk. Anyone else out there have any of these issues? peircing pain?