The day I got home from the hospital, I realized that it took the same amount to effort to lower my body to the step for "butt bumping", as it did to raise my body up to the next step -- that was the end of "butt bumping".

Glad you figured out what worked best for you. For me and my bum knee and short legs, the pain of "walking" up the stairs was excruciating, and it was much less painful, SAFER, and easier to scoot up on my butt, using my one good leg. Going down was relatively easy, just using one crutch for my bad leg. These are outside deck steps that would not make code these days for steepness.

Happily, the pain is gone at this point and I can get around without any support, even on stairs. Though still feeling compromised, it is one heck of a lot better. It's very nice to be back in a bed at night, instead of the Lazy Boy. For about a week, the torque on my knee from the sheets grabbing my foot as I turned kept me from getting any sleep in a bed. I see the doctor on Wednesday for a chat about the MRI. From what AI told me about the MRI report, it looks as though surgery is in my future...hopefully just orthoscopic, but I didn't understand the hedging about the damage to the soft connective material and I chose to wait for my doctor and enjoy my family over the holidays, rather than getting mired down into AI speculation.

I have always been active and do physical work like a mule, never letting my gender or my age get me out of the hard stuff. Because I have the stronger back, I am the heavy lifter in my family. My theory was if you stop doing things for yourself, you stop being able to do. Have never had a physical roadblock before, and it is humbling. I can't say I am looking forward to old age and more roadblocks, but I guess I will just have to learn new ways to hurdle them. After all the help I got from DH for what is a much more minor issue than your amputation, I don't know how your did this alone. Something as simple as getting a cup of coffee was impossible. I could brew the pot, but if I didn't want to stand at the coffee maker to drink it, I needed help. I guess if help is not an option, you just have to figure it out.

IP,
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