…didn’t go ideally well.
I said I wasn’t going to settle this time. The prosthetist took my foot/peg off my old socket, mounted it on the test socket, fiddled and fooled around, watched me walk back and forth and then bid me go outside and walk up and down ramps and such. Instead I crossed the parking lot and walked back and forth on the dirt and rocks around the decorative little trees between the lot and the road, explaining that there is no pavement where I live.
And then I pointed out in as much detail as I could – politely and constructively, it was a friendly conversation – everything I didn’t like about the test socket. It’s not a hopeless case, I mean it’s more comfortable than the one I have. But it isn’t right – and I don’t plan to go through this again. I said before that I wasn’t going to settle this time, and I’m a man of my word.
Anyway, I’m going back in two weeks for what was supposed to be picking up my new leg but instead will be a second fitting. See? I can be a diva when I need to be.
So be a diva. It’s your leg, and you are going to use this prosthetic for years, so it has to be right. Don’t settle for “almost right”.
yeah, don’t settle. might be your last one.
No compromise. That sucked out loud last time, get it right this time.
For what may very well be your last prosthetic, get it the way you want it.
Having it crap-out back in the boonies or when you are trying to cross a gulch before a flash-flood is life threatening.
You don’t live in the city.
Good for you for sticking to your guns.
make sure its right – they’re gettin paid by somebody to do the job and its a big fkn deal to get it correct!
Joel, there is a heck of a big difference between being a diva and working towards having an end product for something that is vital to your everyday living done correctly. Now, if your major issue was, say, the style of the toes on the foot, that would be a different story. Then, you would be a diva. 😊
Keep at it. You are not a diva – but by all means act like one until they get it right!