Getting your initial peg leg is the first step of the prosthetic journey as you graduate to more expensive and capable equipment. All too often, with United Healthcare, it’s as far as you go, if approved at all.
intercst
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New adjustments, indeed… Needs a friend to give her her own wrenches to keep around…
I guess not everyone collects tools over a lifetime, unless they were in the trades or tech worlds… And now, in my late years, where to donate a lot of the collection… Kids, grandkids have no idea of their value, use, so one day a trip to Habitat, make their day…
Hey, at least she knew ‘righty tighty, lefty loosey’!! Some of the newbies we got onto job sites had to be taught, sadly…Others, afraid of heights when a lot of our work was up 11 feet or so…
All the best…
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Girl friend, possibly?
Mike
How are you doing with activities of daily living, @intercst ? Shopping, cooking, cleaning?
Wendy
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And dog walking?
How many moms do you need? 
I’m able to cook all my pre-amputee cuisine from the wheelchair. Showering and toilet use still takes a bit longer than before, but I’m making continual improvements. I actually vacuumed the carpet earlier in the week. The Occupational Therapist will come back in 2 weeks just to check on me, but she really didn’t have much to offer on how I could improve what I’m already doing.
Big thing is that I’ve been driving since the day I left the hospital. (It’s very easy to drive my Tesla with my left foot.) So I haven’t lost any mobility in terms of going to the grocery store or doctor’s appointments, just the fact that it takes a few minutes to assemble and disassemble the wheelchair when you get in and out of the car.
Yesterday, I parked in front of the UPS Store to return an Amazon purchase. I decided I’d try using the cheap, $25 aluminum walker to get in and out of the store instead of assembling the wheelchair – saved a lot of time, but the walker isn’t as stable as the wheelchair.
As I wobbled through the front door, I was immediately ushered to the head of the line and I completed my business in less than 60 seconds. Then made it back to the driver’s seat without incident.
I’ll have to use the walker more often. {{ LOL }}
My dog is still in the care of a former neighbor about 90 miles from Vancouver out in the Columbia River Gorge. She and the dog may come for a visit this weekend or next, to see how I would handle the dog’s return. I’m probably close to ready, unless the dog decides she’s better off with the neighbor.
Here’s a video of an amputee going up and down the stairs with an $80,000 prosthesis.
And here’s a video of an amputee going up and down the stairs without a prosthesis.
intercst
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Glad to hear you are doing so well, @intercst ! I applaud your skill and independence!
Wendy
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What do you get when you combine the brain of an engineer with the toughness of a honey badger? 
His name is John Greaney aka intercst.
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I think you forgot to add “and the stubbornness of a mule.” 
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