I got a call from the Amputee center Friday that the PO had come from DARS.  It expires at the end of the month.

I called back and made a measuring appointment for Monday and a fitting appointment on Friday.

Those are the facts.

Genora sent me an e-mail Friday telling me about the PO and then another one on Monday making sure I made the appointment.  By the time I got her message on Monday I was back from the measurement.

The measuring hardware was VERY cool.  He put a rubber sock on my stump and used a laser like you see in grocery store checkout lines to create a three-dimensional imaged in a computer.  A carver will take the numbers and make my prosthetic.

We left the match to the shoe I’ve been wearing so they know how big to make the foot part.

Supposedly I’ll only get to wear the thing an hour a day at first.  An hour is all I need to add water to the car , cook something, or carry the laptop around the house.

Genora finally got in touch with me. She quizzed me on some stuff she already had and then got on me about not having a social security card. She did this the first time we met but this time she went to her supervisor about it. She also gave me grief about having something to prove I was a resident of Texas. I gave her my voter registration card. Her supervisor must have OK’d my proof of identity because the next call was from the amputee center (TAC)

They have to start their end over again because it has been so long between visits. At first I agreed to 10 AM the next day. I called back and rescheduled for 11 so Brooke and I could get lunch afterward. She likes to combine outings.

So hopefully my next prosthesis post will be me bitching about physical therapy.

I’ve finally heard from Dars!

For the last few weeks I’ve been trying to get a progress status on my prosthetic. For a while I was sending a request a little over once a week. Then I started a regular campaign of twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays.

I started with just the counselor. Then I added a cc to her secretary. Today I added the general inquiries address and she finally responded. She’s supposed to contact me tomorrow morning.