Yet another new leg

After the first week, the new leg seems to be OK. It's not so tight, so I can get a thick terry sock on for more cushioning. In fact, I'm wearing one thick and one thin. I went out for a walk today, following my usual one-mile route. At the end, I was pretty tired and aching quite a bit, but there was no stump pain, and what aches there were in my hip soon went away.

I find it hard to remember that I was doing that route without any difficulties a couple of months ago, before I got that infection in my stump. I'm sort of back to square one, but things are looking very promising. The new leg has a much thinner cup because of a new moulding technique. Well, they had this system before my accident, but it's been out of use between then and now. Anyhoo, instead of a plastic moulding, it has a carbon-fibre laminate, which is lighter as well as thinner. The inner cup is also thinner and lighter, so the whole assembly looks much slimmer, enabling me to wear my jeans - as long as I don't need to check my leg: the cuff on my jeans is too narrow to allow me to roll the leg up for inspection purposes. Otherwise, it's fine, and it's nice to be able to wear something other than combats. Here, you thought I'd gone all Xtreme Sport culture didn't you?