 Hello my beautiful internet friends and puppies. Hi. Welcome back. I got all three puppies in the frame This is never gonna happen again. Hello my beautiful internet friends. Welcome back. Oh, it's been a week I haven't actually filmed anything in about a week. I've been taking a break videos I've still been going up obviously because I have stuff pre-recorded. How am I supposed to go work done with these adorable babies? Can I can I sit in my own frame? Is that cool? I feel like every single day is a roller coaster I'm not a particularly goals oriented person I mean I I am to some extent like there are things that I aim for in my life But I'm not someone who goes crazy if I like don't make goals and don't make deadlines But to some extent I think we usually do have Things we aim for in our lives or timelines or things that we're kind of shooting for either consciously or subconsciously And this is the first time in my life where I feel like I've actually had to completely abandon that I mean like completely abandon and every day is so different when it comes to This and this I literally never know what to expect and I had one of the coolest days since amputation this week Like it was I want to cry thinking about it. It was so cool I'm gonna tell you guys about it in this video and then I had three days where I was in a lot of pain I couldn't walk and I couldn't use it and it looked weird like there were odd markings on it And I was like, I don't even know what's going on And so I honestly feel like I've started to come more to peace with the idea that there's no way to predict How any of this is gonna go and it's just gonna be a roller coaster It's that game we played when we were kids red light green light Simon says you know like stop and start and that's okay. And so today I'm gonna tell you about a cool moment I had I'm gonna show you something cool and I'm gonna walk you through the process of actually putting on my prosthetic leg Now before we go any further. I have to tell you this is not this is not the same leg that you guys have seen before What so this past week in literally the middle of a snowstorm like the city was half shut down Look it up. I was asked by a local prosthetics clinic I was hooked up by my prosthetic up in Denver that a prosthetics clinic in colorado springs was hosting a direct Socket fitting like seminar for other prosthetics people for for prosthetics to go and learn How to do this new kind of fitting because it's kind of newer in the market They need to be trained in it and they can't be trained in it if they don't have an amputee And they didn't have an amputee and I lived like 20 minutes away from where they were doing it And he was like listen if you go if you give them like four hours of your time If you sit and model a leg for them basically they'll give you a new leg not this part This part's the same, but but this part and they may even get it to fit better on top of that I was going to be sitting in front of like six or seven Prosthetists all who could give their input on like what was good and what was bad and how I was walking and all that And I was like excuse my language, but hell yes Let's do this and the issues that I was having with my knee were escalating like it was really getting very painful So I thought I'm not really going to be able to do anything with it But at least I can sit there at least maybe they can get an even better fit And I'll have a second socket if I ever get a running blood I won't have to pay for the socket part out of pocket, which is incredible So I went down there I brought my camera and then I decided that I was kind of overwhelmed and I was there alone with a With a bunch of guys doing stuff and I thought I'm just gonna breathe I'm just gonna relax and try to enjoy this process and soak as much as I can So I have absolutely no footage from it But what happened what happened is that I was able to walk hands-free For about five minutes after four hours I've been tweaking things and getting it right and looking at what was going on And they were able to adjust the way that my that my foot that this angle was positioned to take pressure off of my knee It was insane They like adjusted a couple screws tiny a little bit and it brought the pressure off of my knee Which is nuts to think about and they got the fit a little bit tighter Which was great and on top of that one of the coolest things is they figured out the height was wrong So I was stepping down like every time I was stepping But it's kind of hard to tell when you're learning to walk like what's wrong about how you're walking You know and once they brought it up that like eliminated the crazy migraines that I was getting from walking that way Because when your alignment is like that far off It can really mess with your spine with your neck and migraines that has helped out so much I was legitimately walking around that office not looking down at the ground hands-free for like five or ten minutes It was insane now. I haven't been able to replicate that just yet on my own, but that's okay It's a slow process So let's get this leg on and I want to demonstrate a new skill that I have to you guys Shrinker off whenever I'm gonna put my leg on now. I'm kind of checking to make sure nothing's swollen or weird looking or discolored Now I'm putting on this special silicon lotion Kind of like lubricant for your leg on spots that hurt or stick or feel weird and it really helps like with some of that friction Step one complete next we have the liner you guys have seen this before it's the weird sticky stuff on the inside That's like aloe vera lined Just gotta be a more effective way of turning these inside out at the end of my little nubbin Al We avoid dog hair at all costs, which is basically impossible in my household You just roll it up. It's what we do Sophie socks for my leg Oh, did she get dog hair on it if the dogs touch this stuff It's like just oh so full of dog hair and doesn't stick to you as well So I'm still figuring out this the mechanics of how to make sure that my leg doesn't get covered in dog hair Usually I just keep the stuff in the bathroom that they don't go in I've just been putting like a like a cap sock on the end of it for now See this little valve down here. I hold that down Kind of hear the air going out. All right, my leg's too swollen right now So I've got to take this off so it'll fit. There we go Roll this part down to make sure the suction actually stays in use all our baby strengths to get this thing up And ladies and gentlemen, we have a leg. They're definitely hot spots on my leg Like like places that definitely are not comfortable like the end of my leg Get a little bit better at that. Yes. I know I could use a shoe horn, but it's on the other side of the room I really don't want to get over there So before I show you this cool new thing that I can do I try to warm up my leg a little bit by kind of walking back and forth using my crutch a little bit It makes a huge difference Like if I have my leg on for five minutes or so and I'm putting some pressure on it It starts feeling a lot better a lot faster than if I just like try to walk without assistance Right away the second I put it on it's kind of like got a numb down a little bit Because it's not like super comfortable when I first put it on but it's getting there It's time as my impersonation of bruce buffer time for the main event guys This was actually a request. I believe by by joe joe harris It may have been by a couple of you actually can I get up and down the stairs with my prosthetic leg? That's actually way more complicated than I would think it is Hard flat ground is a godsend when it comes to learning how to walk And so different terrains different surfaces trying to go up and down a stair is really good training But it's not easy, but figure something out this week Not actually, but I did climb the stairs without assistance Actually stepping up with each of my foot instead of like stepping with my good foot bring my prosthetic foot up Stepping with my good foot bringing my prosthetic up like trying to climb the stairs with my prosthetic leg has been Such a mental exercise much like any of learning how to walk has been like actually thinking every step like Okay, bring your bring your heel back far enough that your toes aren't going to catch And then step up through through your butt muscles So like you're actually carrying yourself the proper way and bring your other leg through like it's such a mental game But it's a game that I get to play now and bit by bit Now I went up and down the stairs like five times to film that I'm about tapped out There's a spot on the bottom of my leg where my tibia is sawed off like where it comes down Right, this is still really not comfortable. Keep in mind It is only eight eight and a half weeks after my amputation It could just be healing time. It could be the way the prosthetic is fitting It could be a lot of different things So i'm going back in on tuesday again to have my prosthesis adjusted see what we can do I'm not going to do anything that hurts it. I'm going to take it easy Most of the day today. I'll probably keep it on but I'm going to be using a crutch Here's the thing though guys by me does not hurt right now. My knee does not hurt going up and down the stairs Yeah, I'll be honest going down the stairs is going to take a little while to learn how to do without hands There's just something about it that isn't quite clicking up here I'm still doing a little bit of this staggering going down the stairs. I just feel safer Got to hydrate after that crazy workout. Am I right? Thanks for caring about the little things with me like walking in the snow for the first time Or walking up the stairs these obviously aren't like earth shattering massive videos But it's the little stuff that is such a big deal Like especially looking back over the last 12 months when man everything was so unpredictable and it still is But it's so cool to be able to take just those small pieces and figure them out It feels incredible and it feels incredible that you guys care and that you're here with me for them So thank you. I don't know guys those puppies are looking pretty cute May have to go cuddle with them. Thank you for spending a few minutes out of your day here with me A huge thank you to all of my patrons over on patreon for making these videos possible and supporting us during this time Each and every one of you watching. I love you guys. I'm thinking of you and I'll see you in the next video Bye guys What are you doing? 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