Well I have had a sore on my right residual limb since Tuesday and went and saw a prosthesis on Tuesday since mine was on vacation this past week. I was told I needed to stay off my leg as much as I possible could. So Wednesday I didn't wear my prosthetic but on Thursday my dog had to go to the groomer and I had an eye appointment. Plus my Jeep club meeting was Thursday night. So I wore my prosthetic on Thursday but tried to limit my walking. Then Friday I stayed off it all day also and the sore which had turned out to be a blister had popped Thursday. Friday it was looking better so today (Saturday) I thought I might wear it a little. Around 10AM our power went out and at 11AM I told my daughter to get dressed as we were headed into town to have a late breakfast.
When we got home my leg wasn't hurting to much so I went out to my garage to install some parts for my shop compressor. Most of it I was sitting down so I was good. But with all projects like this I didn't have all the parts I needed so I had to run to town to the hardware store to get some fittings. So I got the new parts installed and then came inside and sat down. By now my leg was hurting so I took my prosthetic off and ate dinner. But then reading stuff I realized that I had installed something wrong so I went back out to the garage and fixed it.
Not very big but it has me laid up. If it gets bigger or becomes a open sore it can be really really bad. The gray thing on the lower part of my leg is called a shrink sock. When you aren't wearing your prosthetic you have to wear that. I keep the leg from swelling up.
I had to have my lower right leg amputated in May 2018 due to a damaged nerve from a gun shot wound I received while in Iraq 2004. It took me almost 14 years to most doctors won't amputate because of nerve damage because they don't know if doing the amputation will help. I finally found a doctor who was willing to do this for me in July 2017. I'd given up on the VA in about 2012 as none of the doctors I saw would even consider it. This is the first sore I've had since my amputation other than a really small one about 2 months after the amputation. This is the things you have to deal with as an amputee and I'm glad it has been my first one.
This was the day I was getting the stitches taken out.
Right at the end of the scar on the inside of my leg is where I got the sore. I've been worried about this area because of the scar and it make it not a smooth area for the liner you wear.
This was 3 months after my amputation out walking my dog at my mom's house. It was my first time being able to walk all the way around the complex. Only about 1/6 of a mile but for me that this point it was a big deal.
The front of my leg where the bullet came out. 7.62mm round in the back of the leg and out the front after hitting the femur and severing my femoral artery. Also damaged the perineal never to my lower leg. The never damage caused me to have foot drop, hammer toes, muscle apathy and chronic nerve pain.
What the inside of my right leg looks like. 12 screws holding my femur back together along with a little bone marrow off my right hip.
When we got home my leg wasn't hurting to much so I went out to my garage to install some parts for my shop compressor. Most of it I was sitting down so I was good. But with all projects like this I didn't have all the parts I needed so I had to run to town to the hardware store to get some fittings. So I got the new parts installed and then came inside and sat down. By now my leg was hurting so I took my prosthetic off and ate dinner. But then reading stuff I realized that I had installed something wrong so I went back out to the garage and fixed it.
Not very big but it has me laid up. If it gets bigger or becomes a open sore it can be really really bad. The gray thing on the lower part of my leg is called a shrink sock. When you aren't wearing your prosthetic you have to wear that. I keep the leg from swelling up.
I had to have my lower right leg amputated in May 2018 due to a damaged nerve from a gun shot wound I received while in Iraq 2004. It took me almost 14 years to most doctors won't amputate because of nerve damage because they don't know if doing the amputation will help. I finally found a doctor who was willing to do this for me in July 2017. I'd given up on the VA in about 2012 as none of the doctors I saw would even consider it. This is the first sore I've had since my amputation other than a really small one about 2 months after the amputation. This is the things you have to deal with as an amputee and I'm glad it has been my first one.
This was the day I was getting the stitches taken out.
Right at the end of the scar on the inside of my leg is where I got the sore. I've been worried about this area because of the scar and it make it not a smooth area for the liner you wear.
This was 3 months after my amputation out walking my dog at my mom's house. It was my first time being able to walk all the way around the complex. Only about 1/6 of a mile but for me that this point it was a big deal.
The front of my leg where the bullet came out. 7.62mm round in the back of the leg and out the front after hitting the femur and severing my femoral artery. Also damaged the perineal never to my lower leg. The never damage caused me to have foot drop, hammer toes, muscle apathy and chronic nerve pain.
What the inside of my right leg looks like. 12 screws holding my femur back together along with a little bone marrow off my right hip.
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