Day 109 - Wheelchair and phantom_pain

Last night was a pain night till about 12:00, then sleep.

It is difficult to remember the angiosarcoma while in pain from phantom pain.
This morning I wanted to crutch to the small shopping center near my home and have breakfast.
We decided that Maddie would drive there in case I needed help. The distance was .9km. After breakfast we went to the blood test place. We will get the results tomorrow morning before chemo.

 I am sure I could repeatably crutch to the shopping center. As soon as I can do 2km in one walk, I will try the shopping center and back to the house.

My Brother sent me a package from the USA. In it was a watch. It is a single hand, pure mechanical, wind up watch made in Russia. Super cool.

I don't think it is designed for longevity, But then, neither am I.

In the package was also goodies from the http://www.cureasc.org web site.
A shopping bag, a small flashlight (torch), and 3 bracelets.

We went shopping for a good office chair. We found a good one for R6100.00. Shriek! Nice chair, but I could see me computing the cost per sit down.

We then decided to not buy a chair because once the prosthesis socket is on, the whole dynamics of the leg on the chair will change. We might buy something that makes sense now, but is wrong in a month or two.
Also an office chair may be a problem with a prosthesis because the prosthesis will just drag on the floor without someplace to place the foot.

We also decided to try a wheelchair in the house, and see if maybe one would suffice. We used the old beat up one that the prosthesis place loaned us.
It works better than I thought it would. I can zoom around like in an office chair, without the possibility of falling over. A wheel chair will go into the bathroom, and with the grab bars I can get up and down safely. Also getting into and out of bed is easy. It may be a better "in house" mobility chair than an office chair. A good wheelchair costs R3000. About half price of an office chair. It could also be used in a trip to the mall, or going outside in the yard.

I am having lots of phantom pain right now. It is like the bottom of my foot is cramping, and curling the toes under the foot. Very painful.
I dread going to bed.
Bed sucks.
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