How do you ever learn to live with a prosthetic leg?
gotta get a really good prosthetist & a good therapist;; actually works better/easier when the prosthetic actually fits right;; focus on the goal, walking, & take this process in small steps;; get used to wearing the stocking first;; get used to massaging the limb to help it heal & reduce the scar tissue from the healing process, & help in reducing the nerve responses;; get your limb as strong as you can before the prosthetic arrives;; then ya need to learn the weight bearing & weight shifting techniques;; helps, really helps to have therapy throughout your whole rehab;; finally, you really have no other choice but to accept it;; this is the easiest way for you to get back to the way you were before the “injury”.. it’s still you, just think of it as a “bigger shoe”..good luck, but ya gotta keep your goals in focus & realize that everybody has good days & bad days with anything in their life; if things aren’t working today, they get into swing tomorrow;; it’s the “new you”, bigger & bet
Bloody minded determination and a lot of help from your physios and prosthetists. At the end of the day you have to decide whether to live life and do as much as possible of what you want or to sit and mope. Everyone goes through bad times adjusting to what is a life changing, mutilating injury. Most people make some sort of accommodation to it. Limbs are improving in both function and cosmesis and many patients and engineers have worked together to enable activities such as skiing, athletics etc to become more accessible. Having said that, limbs are artificial and do come with limitations, especially if above the knee. Most knee joints do not like sand storms in deserts for example. Try to make contact with some amputees further down the recovery line and I am sure that they will help you to see what can be achieved.
