This is sort of an after the fact (couple weeks) blog post.  Couple weeks ago while at my prostheticist, I was trying on a new socket on my leg and was taking a few steps when the leg literaly fell off.  Can you guess what happened next?  Yep I hit the floor and even better landed on my stump.

Well actually the pin on my liner actually hit the floor first, then the bone nob in my stump and then my knee hit the floor.  Can you say "DANG THAT HURT!!!!!!!!!", well I actually said something using a few more colorful metaphors but you get the picture. 

My first big worry was that I had busted my stump open, I hear that is always a big possibility when falling like that.  My prostheticist slowly rolled my liner off, he was figuring the worst too.  Luckly no blood poured out on us, WOOOHOO!!!  Now came the concern of did anything break in there?

Well after some grunting and groaning I did get up off the floor and into a wheelchair he had brought into the room.  I must say that I am quite proud of myself for doing that on my own with no help.  Couldn't walk but atleast I got up.  Off we went to the X-Ray machine and after a few tense moments the results came back that I had no broken bones, WOOOHOO!!!

This all happened 3 weeks ago, and basically I have been confined to my wheelchair due to either leg too swelled to get on or leg being too painfull to walk very much.  I bruised the muscle pretty bad and think I jammed my knee too.  The muscle in the stump isn't as painfull as it was but when I walk (using my walker) the knee can hurt and make me rely too much on my arms for support.

If anyone has any advice please pitch it.  I am scheduled to go on a business trip in a couple weeks and I have to be walking to go. 

But I am doing better and starting to walk again it just feels like I am starting all over again from scratch on walking and it really really frustrates me to no end.