I was up at 07:30 after a nice drug induced sleep.
My stump still has many small water blisters on it. Google says it is because the water is being squeezed out of the stump faster than the drainage system can handle, so it goes out the skin. All the internet experts :-) say to totally ignore small blisters. So I do.
The stump was quite swollen this morning, and it took almost 3 hours before the stump was far enough into the socket to allow me to walk a bit.
I just went to the gate and back. Coming back was crutch-less, except for using them as a fall catcher.
I find that if I concentrate, I can walk crutch-less.
Or:
https://youtu.be/0KeVa2c1h-M
But this is still in the realm of a party trick. I shouldn't carry babies around for a while yet.
A study which surveyed a population of 396 lower limb amputees reported that 64% of trans-femoral amputee respondents experienced a fall in the previous month period.
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13:30
The itching from the blisters is hard to ignore, so I took the leg off, and rolled down the liner so I could get to the blisters, and let the stump breath air.
Reading on the internet about actual people that have worn the Mauch Knee for awhile and they all seem to say the same thing. Like these...
-----I have been a Mauch user for 4yrs, prior to this I had demo on Ultra Knee, Ottobok 3R80 and Total 2000. The Mauch is a free swinging stance-phase unit so there is no weight-activated lock. Alignment is easy but crucial and I would guess only pros who know the unit well will be able to get the alignment right. The unit is good, a compitent amputee would be able to walk very well at variable speed and learn to jog, ride a bike etc - maybe, I say maybe because all that would require extensive training and much, much confidence. the biggest down sides to these 'none locking' hydraulic units is mainly two fold, firstly they require good strenght to be usable, and will 'deck' you often.
my advice...if you are strong, confident and wish to be a high-active amputee then the Mauch is a good bet - but you will fall regular untill you master it.
-----Hi, I had six month trial on a Mauch 18 months ago, I tried to make the knee work for me. I'm very active, work as a surveyor on and off building sites and such. The Mauch is very fast action but very very unpredictable. I fell in the road once in front of a car, which led me to call the Mauch a day. I since use a high spec total knee which is much safer. The Mauch is the faster leg on the market if you have the stump power to control it. Definitely not for the faint hearted, good luck with your choice :D
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I just went to the shops. Leg and crutches.
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21:30
Tomorrow is blood test and prosthesis lesson.
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