pelly
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Post by pelly on Dec 22, 2010 5:36:59 GMT -7
Hello all,
I am now at the 4 week post amputation stage (rbk). I am keen to be able to travel in a car, as a passenger. Last night my wife took me out for the first time just for a 5 mile journey and I found that my unsupported stump hurt like crazy. My wheelchair has a stump board fitted, is there anything out there that would give me the same support that I could fit to a car seat? Preferably temporary.
Hope that makes sense.
Regards
David
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Post by ann- on Dec 22, 2010 5:46:25 GMT -7
Hello all, I am now at the 4 week post amputation stage (rbk). I am keen to be able to travel in a car, as a passenger. Last night my wife took me out for the first time just for a 5 mile journey and I found that my unsupported stump hurt like crazy. My wheelchair has a stump board fitted, is there anything out there that would give me the same support that I could fit to a car seat? Preferably temporary. Hope that makes sense. Regards David What I did in the early stages was sit in the back seat, and put my leg up on the rest of the seat, in the first few weeks I also used to cushion the leg with blankets, pillows etc. as used to feel every bump in the road. So don't know if this is possible for you to do also. Give yourself a month or so and you probably won't notice it, especially when you are wearing your prosthesis. |
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Post by allenuk on Dec 22, 2010 6:49:52 GMT -7
Hello Pelly.
Yes, I'd go along with Ann's comments. Back seat if you can, but as soon as you're wearing a prosthesis it'll go away along with other early problems.
One thing I remember from those early months: when I was driving, if I took my leg OFF it was a big mistake, as after an hour or two dangling in that position my stump filled up with fluid and I could scarcely get the leg back on!
Easily solved, of course, by wearing my leg in the car, so roll on your leg fitting.
Allen, bka, London.
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Post by kapteenkoukku on Dec 22, 2010 22:17:57 GMT -7
Any board about 50 cm - 100 cm long and 25 cm - 30 cm wide can do. I deviced a plastic board from a shelf of an old fridge that I found in my store room. It has to be long enough to fit under your buttock to support properly.
I was discharged from hospital two days after amputation as I was impatient to go home from rotting in hospital. But they gave me an appointment to see specialist at hospital's specialist clinic for next day (I think because of short hospital stay) and I drove there myself, the board fitted to support the stump.
Later I found that the centre console of the car beside the driver's seat was high enough to support the stump and did not use the plastic board anymore.
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