Having knees is huge with prosthetics. They don’t cost near as much and walking looks totally natural with pants. Running also looks natural and is much easier. Also, you don’t have a socket going all the way up your thigh which is very uncomfortable.
Edit: not sure if you have trouble with the strong tickling/tingling sensation in your legs that makes it hard to sleep, but if you do, you will eventually train your brain to tune it out.
" 24 hours in freezing temperatures with wet socks.
This happened 3 weeks ago. I will have double below the knee amputations in 2 days.
I don't so much see it as losing my legs as I see it as gaining a lack of legs.
Backstory:
This happened because I thought it would be smart to sleep in my car and save money by not getting a motel.
My boss was coming back from being out of town the next day, at which point we were going to go to Wisconsin and work there for a few weeks where we had lodging set up.
My shoes were wet from walking around in the fresh snow a bit, so I took them off. I had the heat on and figured my socks would dry out pretty quickly.
Some time while I was asleep I ran out of gas. I figured I could just tough it out and figure something out in the morning.
My feet hurt really bad for a while. Then they just stopped hurting, altogether. I went back to sleep.
A few hours later, I tried to put my shoes back on, and found that my feet were frozen solid. My hands were very painful now, and were beginning to lose most of their mobility and sensation to touch.
I contacted an ambulance and went to the hospital.
Once the feet began to thaw, all of the pain came back. It has been the most painful thing I have ever experienced.
Doctors had hoped some of the flesh in my feet would be receive adequate circulation and some of the foot could be saved. This has not been the case, and both will be removed mid-shin on the morning of Friday. January 26th.
I'm looking forward to cutting these damn things off, as massive nerve damage is a shitty thing to be stuck with. I am also excited to start working with prosthetics.
Once I get comfortable with prosthetics there will be very little I won't be able to do that I could have done with real legs.
I was a pretty lazy, unhappy and unmotivated person before all of this happened. I am looking at this as a second chance. Every day I will appreciate that with a bit of work, I can go out and be active and do things that make me happy.
So, please do not feel sorry for me. Soon I will be running and jumping and possibly skipping again. Unless skipping requires a specialized type of prosthetic. I ain't payin' for some fancy prosthetic just to go skip around. "
Jethr0Paladin on February 20th, 2018 at 17:30 UTC »
Oh shit, you're frostbite guy.
I'm so sorry it happened to you, but also thank you for getting the effects of frostbite forever engraved in my head.
l1nkage on February 20th, 2018 at 17:37 UTC »
Having knees is huge with prosthetics. They don’t cost near as much and walking looks totally natural with pants. Running also looks natural and is much easier. Also, you don’t have a socket going all the way up your thigh which is very uncomfortable.
Edit: not sure if you have trouble with the strong tickling/tingling sensation in your legs that makes it hard to sleep, but if you do, you will eventually train your brain to tune it out.
Signal_seventeen on February 20th, 2018 at 18:06 UTC »
If anyone is wondering what happened, here is a previous post by OP:
NSFL Here are pictures of the frostbite NSFL
Backstory:
" 24 hours in freezing temperatures with wet socks.
This happened 3 weeks ago. I will have double below the knee amputations in 2 days.
I don't so much see it as losing my legs as I see it as gaining a lack of legs.
Backstory:
This happened because I thought it would be smart to sleep in my car and save money by not getting a motel.
My boss was coming back from being out of town the next day, at which point we were going to go to Wisconsin and work there for a few weeks where we had lodging set up.
My shoes were wet from walking around in the fresh snow a bit, so I took them off. I had the heat on and figured my socks would dry out pretty quickly.
Some time while I was asleep I ran out of gas. I figured I could just tough it out and figure something out in the morning.
My feet hurt really bad for a while. Then they just stopped hurting, altogether. I went back to sleep.
A few hours later, I tried to put my shoes back on, and found that my feet were frozen solid. My hands were very painful now, and were beginning to lose most of their mobility and sensation to touch.
I contacted an ambulance and went to the hospital.
Once the feet began to thaw, all of the pain came back. It has been the most painful thing I have ever experienced.
Doctors had hoped some of the flesh in my feet would be receive adequate circulation and some of the foot could be saved. This has not been the case, and both will be removed mid-shin on the morning of Friday. January 26th.
I'm looking forward to cutting these damn things off, as massive nerve damage is a shitty thing to be stuck with. I am also excited to start working with prosthetics.
Once I get comfortable with prosthetics there will be very little I won't be able to do that I could have done with real legs.
I was a pretty lazy, unhappy and unmotivated person before all of this happened. I am looking at this as a second chance. Every day I will appreciate that with a bit of work, I can go out and be active and do things that make me happy.
So, please do not feel sorry for me. Soon I will be running and jumping and possibly skipping again. Unless skipping requires a specialized type of prosthetic. I ain't payin' for some fancy prosthetic just to go skip around. "