~Stretchin~

Was a nice quiet Saturday today and I had an interesting

conversation with a good friend..and we were discussing

prosthetics. All the different kinds and I have to be honest I

really don't know a lot about them as I don't have them and

I really never wanted them.. I feel when I had legs..that was

me.. I don't now..this is me. When I had thought I wanted

one and the guy came and fit me for that binder as I call it

and I questioned him..he responded with "is there any

where you can think of that you would go and could not go

in a chair?" Of course my first reply was up and down the

stairs.. :-) which I could but I sure wouldn't want to in my

chair ! that would be a heck of a wild ride! But made me

think..and that's when I decided no, I didn't need one, and

quit using that binder, it was an awful thing. But This is me

now as I am, and I really don't need them.. Im not saying I

wouldn't like to stand..oh yes yes.. I can almost feel that

good feeling to just stand and stretch and reach up really

high and get up on your toes and just S T R E T C H.. ya

That I miss..Its not the same to do laying down, sitting is

ok..I can still reach and STRECH, but not like standing tall

and doing it..

I get that magazine, well used to..from ACA and ive seen the

many different kinds..its really interesting, there are so many.

I saw a small video of a lady that had a metal rod put into the

bone that was left inside her stump..that rod protruded out the

end of it and she pulled up a leg and used a wrench or some

gadget to tighten a screw and the end that was in the bone of

her leg attached it to the prosthetic..and she walked with it..

I, myself..me..no I could not do that..I couldnt..I would NOT want

to go thru any more surgical procedures on my stumps.. No,

for me.. but I know there are many amputees that feel they do

need them..all for different reasons..Some because they want

to run again and walk.. some just because they feel to still fit

in with the 'crowd' need them to be accepted better than they

would be if they had none or in a chair. I was told of a lady amp

that to better continue the place she had in an office of men

that she needed to stay the same as she was before and that

was the only way she felt she could stay on the same level she

had..she needed the prosthetic legs.


I think too age has a lot to do with it as well..If I was in my 30's

or 40's..I would perhaps give it more consideration..but Im not

and never was that much of a shopper or that.. I did like to go

fishing and for rides..that sort of thing..and I can do those still

in a chair. And younger you feel more of a need to stay in the

'competition' so to speak..where for me, I'm single but Im ok with

that and I do believe my knight fell off his horse or something as

I just dont see any dust out there from him riding up to my door.!.

but younger well I think I would really consider them..not the ones

that i couldnt walk on more for 'show' than anything..If I couldnt

use them i wouldnt want them..and I KNOW i am NOT gonna let

a rod be put into whats left of my leg bone!! no way..Ive had my

share of surgical procedeurs.. and I dont want anymore..but ,

well i could have more but wouldnt choose to if I had a choice.

I have lost most of my friends since I became a amputee..ones

that visited or we went shopping etc, since I now have so much

'baggage' to be able to go ..not to mention the dragging of my

chair, I became more or less 'hard to handle' , and as time went

by we have lost touch..which I can understand.. They cant pull

up outside, blow the horn and me run out to it..now they have to

come in and help me..watch the cats don't escape..hold the

door, carry my board..its different..I became a liability not an

asset more or less.. I think if I had legs still, I would have most

of them yet..as I could just go and do like before.... I do plan to

have a nice flower bed. If I can get my power chair I see where

there is a spot right below the window in the kitchen where once

was a garden..If I made it into a raised bed..I could go out there

and take care of it myself..which I don't mind yard work and doing

gardening hard work..I enjoy it.. I loved my lanai I had back at the

condo in Indiana with all my flower beds.. I look forward to that..
I wouldn't ever go out alone though.. I guess Im paranoid about

falling out of my chair and being outside alone..that wouldn't be

a good thing if I couldn't get back into my chair..I don't take ANY

chances..but I cant wait to work on it. I would like to get a couple

bird feeders too , the boys would LOVE that..

Speaking of food..not bird food..food for me.. Penny got some

nice bananas for me and I plan to have one.with a can of my iced

tea .. not much tea I know how it does..small amounts do NOT
affect me..thank goodness, and too much causes night time

potty calls...but its that time again..Nitey Nite..

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? love ya and thanks.. :-)

Always, Lois ****

God Bless you is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend";

I pray the Lord will keep you safe

until I write again..