I have not blogged since arriving back in Africa. Again there has been no real hits on my blog for 2 months except from China. The bounce rate is 98%. That is when the person stay on the web site for less than 5 seconds. Since nobody could read my blog in a few seconds, that means they disconnect quickly. So all the hits on my blog are probably Chinese bots.
I don't really have anything to say, except I have been walking lots. I walked 15 km last week. 5 of those was at a Parkrun. I finished in 1:14:11. I beat 8 other people. I am always last, so now I feel like a real athlete.
Today I walked to a restaurant nearby. It is 2.51 km away. I walk there, have a cheap breakfast, and walk back. On the way back, about half way, my knee must have blown a seal, because I lost all hydraulic resistance, (both extension and flexion) and there was oil everywhere. I walked the rest of the way home with zero resistance.
It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Before the last Parkrun, I had lowered the extension resistance to almost zero. The extension resistance determines how fast the leg extends from behind to all the way in front. As I am walking faster now, I need the knee to allow the leg to swing forward faster. This is to allow me to use a faster cadence. Today with zero extension resistance, the leg slammed forward, but was not dangerous. More like a big distraction.
The oil leaked from one of the top bearings. I don't know how to fix that. I just put the brand new, (but bad) 2100 I have as a spare. I'll need to transfer the extension assist spring assembly to this 2100.
The knee that blew today is one my Brother bought off Ebay. It has served me well for 2 years. I'll miss it's reliability.
The 2100 I just put on, is a brand new one, but it has a manufacturing defect. One of the adjustment screws threads in the main body, looks like my dog drilled it. So every o'ring gets shredded every time the screw is inserted. I cleaned it up as best I could. It is tiny. the o'ring is 1 mm. Maybe I will set the screw where I think it should be, then glue the screw in, with glue all around the o'ring to stop it leaking. getting all the air out is difficult, but possible if I take a few days to do it. I also have an old beat up Ossur 2000 knee. Maybe I should have put it on the leg.
I need to read my Instructable about how to remove and replace the fluid in a 2100. Maybe thicker fluid will fix the one that blew it's seal today.
Later
damn i wish you would write me back. i hope you're still alive. i had only read the blog about the pvc pipe leg but now i've read more of your blogs and you write just as i talk and feel. the diarrhea part blows me away(no pun really intended) as i know and have had this happen 4 times in 2 months.by the time it starts and by the time i get to my wheelchair it's all over and around me. stained the carpet in one place i had to cut it out and the padding also and pressure wash it. so there i was pressure washing the piece of carpet and while i'm there start washing the cars roof off with the pressure washer ---then whoop fill up my pants again.roll over to a secluded area under my carport and sit on my bench and strip down. wash my shorts and wheelchair down and off the concrete slab then wrap in a brittle towel that had been laying beside the bench some time and get back inside.
ReplyDeleteprosthetic doctor said it would be another 3 months before cast can be made. A sore from the surgery hasn't completely healed so time will tell. since i haven't heard from you i feel as if i'm writing all for naught.
You can contact me at kgwedirv@gmail.com.
DeleteI'm sorry your having these problems, but I can not only sympathize, I can empathize.
cuyler,
ReplyDeleteI replied to your previous comment, but I screwed up the sending, and it didn't go through. I can only blame myself...Sorry, and I apologize.