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I've really enjoyed discovering this thread. Really good uplifting testement to the human Spirit and what a positive attitude can help manifest.
This experience has been a powerful teaching/learning experience for all of us.
Onward and Upward
 
Ive been reading this thread from the start,I never know what to say .

I have a cousin who lost a leg in Nam. He fishes, hunts, bowls, dances... We fish Bass Tournaments together. One year we won the largest event at our home lake. 500 boats total . Hes won other Bass events since. Hes keeps his spirit up and enjoys life. Hes a competitor and the weigh in is not over until he brings his fish to the scales.
 
Man. I DO NOT know how I missed this. Good thread and great people as always around here. I'd send some knives but it looks like I'm a little late to the generosity party. lol
 
Hey now that you have a leg- If you are ever in my neck of the woods we'll have to have a foot race!! I can almost catch my 2 year old now. Good to hear that things are looking up for you, I understand what dealing with insurance is like, and I'm in Canada. Make sure you stick around here and start posting more pics!
 
Glad you got everything sorted out with the insurance company and you were able to get your prosthesis. I know you said that you would turn down some freebies, but I sent you an e-mail anyway :D
You're in our thoughts Scott.
 
Many thanks for the kind words my friends.

Those doctors, surgeons, and especially the nurses are the ones who are the inspirational ones!!! I had really great care. Some of them truely care.

So, minor set back...........
I haven't wanted to leave the house or wear my leg these last two days. I have been so sore. My leg is swollen and feels like a sausage ready to burst. This has really had me down these last two days. Been staring at that leg for two days.
It is a huge and heavy burden and something I'm not looking forward to dealing with the rest of my life. But, I'm on my way up the hill.

I will take pics tomorrow (tues). Figure I should try leaving the house and do some .22 shooting. Camera will be by my side.

Anyhow, just want to get on here and get a little off my chest.

Thanks for listening guys,

Scott
 
VERY minor setback.

When you first start wearing the foot, the stump is still tender and the edema is still an ongoing problem. But wearing the foot, even without walking on it, will help shrink that puffiness by pushing fluid back up the leg.

Since it's still tender, the least effort will make it sore and will get the rest of the leg aching, too. So relax, sit with the foot on, without too much padding. Just be ready to add padding as you walk and as the swelling goes down. It takes some months before the stump becomes noticeably shaped, and at that point you really need to make sure you've got enough socks on it, because the nerves are no longer protected by the swollen tissue.

But by then, you'll be walking around so much, you'll know what you need, maybe add a sock late in the day.
 
scott, my cousin lost his right leg just below the knee back in 1976 when he was 14. it took him some time to get back to doing the things he used to do but it never slowed him down. he was a volunteer fireman for years and never had a problem. we would go hunting and he even learned how to ride my motorcycle. he's a truck driver now and still going strong. i hope you get along as well as he has.
i just let scott know in a pm that any knives he has that are dull i'll sharpen them up for free. if anyone is sending scott a knife and you want it sharpened before sending it to him, send me an email or a pm.
 
Hey Ed,

I understand what your saying. I was really thinking everything was going to be a quick process, everything but the new leg walking/problems.

It's really amazing how much effect my entire body has/is going through.
I was in perfectly normal shape before this accident, but now it takes me a good couple hours every morning before I feel decent enough to get on with the day. I feel like a old crippled man. Every joint and muscle aches. It really has gotten better, but it's still there.

I was on the verge of having a problem with my meds for a while too. I was on so many painkillers in and out of the hospital for so long, that when I wasn't taking them, I felt like crap. It took me a couple days to figure out that I was addicted to them. I wouldn't have any pain so I wouldn't take the painkillers, but I wouldn't feel right. I would have a different kind of body ache, and this sick little nagging in my stomache. It went away and I felt great after I popped some pills.
Well, one day, it finally hit me like a ton of bricks...........I'm addicted to oxycodone, oxycotin, morphine, nueratin, and vicodin.

This new addiction didn't shock me, but I was disappointed in myself. I know some great guys that have lost everything because of these little pills I never really gave a second thought about. It's weird that I thought I couldn't develope a problem.
It took me a couple weeks to ween myself. On really bad days I might take one or two here and there, but I try my best not to take any at all.

My buddies and co-workers pitch me crap all the time cause I can't put in 40 hrs. and I sometimes don't work for days at a time, especially since I sit in a chair and get the gravy jobs. It's been hard for them to understand that my entire system was rocked. Hard for me too. I thought I would be working 40 hrs+ two months ago. The doctors even tried telling my how difficult it might be when I called and asked to be released back to work. Now I know why they were suprised.

Anyhow, I wanted to check in on you guys. No pics today since it rained pretty good and I stayed inside. I did strap up the leg and it felt good. I can tell I will be having a love-hate relationship with it for a while.

Later my friends,

Scott

Thanks for words Ed.
 
The only pain meds I took was the one time I woke up right after surgery, ouch. Morphine, ok, more morphine, more, then I went back to sleep. After that, two regular Tylenol at bedtime if the stump really hurt. The problem with pain meds is, they kill the pain which is supposed to warn you when you're pushing the rehab too far. Then you irritate the nerves and when the meds wear off, you pay for it double.

Don't let it discourage you. Take off the foot in the evening and massage the stump, soak it in warm water, wrap it lightly in an Ace bandage. A week of that will straighten you out.
 
and...your evaluation, of course...but

there's a difference between dependent on meds and addicted to them.

BIG difference. Doesn't seem to me you have an addiction, but...what the hell do I know?

Check with Dr., or at least mention your concern.

Take care of yourself, with deliberate speed. :)



Kis
 
Hey Bill,

I think your right. I think I was heading down that path of addiction, but I realized it in time and was able to get a grip on it. Dependent is the better word I guess.
I did talk to my doc about it. He said it was really important to get off them asap since it's basically legal heroin.

Ed,

Thanks for the tips!! Your a tough man. I thought I was fairly tough but you my friend, you are hardcore. :eek:
Tylenol is the powdered sugar on my painkillers. ;)

Oh yeah.........I had 10 of those "waking up after surgeries". Ouch doesn't even touch it. I once was told to keep it down cause there were other people in the recovering room. I think that's the only time I got lippy in the hospital.
 
Hey Guys,

I really have been hitting it hard lately, so I apologize for not keeping everyone posted.

I have had this new leg for 5 weeks or so. About 2 weeks ago I could kind of take a step without my crutches.....but it was more like a gimpy type of step, the kind you take after you step on a tack and are trying to make your way to a chair to pull it out.
The un-natural feel and pain have kept me on my crutches.

But..................

I switched to a cane on this last Sunday. I used only the cane on Sunday and Monday. I made it for a couple of hours this morning, but it hurt so much that I switched back to the crutches and left work early. I wish I could explain the feeling of holding my daughters hand while WALKING in the yard. Also, I was able to ditch the cane for about a 50 yard walk using only my legs. Awesome!!!!!!!!


I have been exhausted from going to the doctors, orthopedics guy, work (I have mandatory hours to put in now so I can keep my health insurance), family, and working out (at home). My schedule has been completely booked to say the least.

Also, the 50 pounds I lost in the hospital has been found...........back on my body. Sadly, mostly it's all fat. I plan on getting into the gym this week with a workout plan that I have been trying to come up with. I just need to get a exercise bike and eleptical machine for the house and I will be set. Need that weAk knee soild. Can't mess it up or I will be in big trouble.

I have to set-up a meeting with a pysical theriapist so I can learn how/what to do to get my bad leg good again.

And if anyone can point me in the direction of how to post pics, I would love to show off my bad self.

Scott

Sorry bout the spelling errors.
 
Scott......somehow I just now saw this post. I jumped to the end of it to send you a note...I will hit your e-mail if it's posted. I have an Opinel or two I could send you if you're interested....many have helped me when I needed it and I would be honored to return the gesture. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
 
It's good to hear from you again Scott. Sounds like you're making some great progress. :thumbup: Take good care!

Jeff
 
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