Parking Lot

I walked today for over 20 minutes so my prosthesit, Jerald, should be happy for I walked without him. I walked a parking lot with a shopping cart. My Dad came along with me as he always does when I walk;moreover he analizes my walk in terms of flow and gate. Sometimes I call him Jerald #2 to tease him but it helps a lot.

For quite some time both Jeralds have talked about and argues that it isn't my prosthetic side that is the problem in terms of flow and gate but my real side. My father more so. When I walked with the shopping cart, I didn't put too much pressure on the cart with my hands and I attempted to kick the ball with my right (real) foot for the first time. I didn't even really think about my prosthetic leg or foot for the first time. According to my father, I walked much better for I walked with my real/right foot straight on rather than turned out to the right side;moreover I walked with my legs closer together.

After using the cart, I walked some in the parking lot with my cane and did it much better too so then I tried it without the cane and then my form and gate suffered. Why? I don't know.........

WOW the Mall is a big place!!!!

I walked the Mall today with my prosthesist, Jerald Cunningham, again today. I did so much better this time. My flow and gate were much better!!!! I didn't circumduct my prosthetic nearly so much this time as I did last time. Yeah!!!!! I walked much further this time too. I only sat down twice for a couple of minutes each time. My wind and my endurance have improved so much!!!!! You see I have finally quit butts. I haven't had a butt since January 15!!! and I can really feel and see a difference in everything...... but this isn't about butts but walking. In the hour that I was with Jerald at the mall I walked for 55 minutes of that time and by all accounts my flow and gate have improved dramatically since the last time I was at the mall.

Remember that side piece that Jerald made for me which is attached to my prosthetic leg that prevents me for collapsing on the left side? Jerald wants me to wear that again when I walk for exercise and he basically wants me to exercise an hour everyday. I know, I know, I think so too that he might be on some drugs. I am going to try for 20 minutes/day. I believe that he wants me to wear that as a reminder to my brain and body to walk well and right in terms of flow and gate and this piece helps me. I guess that I have walked wrong for so long that I have to retrain everything to walk well and correctly. Who would have thunk that the Mall is so big and walking is so complicated??? I am going to get to the point to be able to do it without thinking though.....

I did shitty

I met Jerald again at the Maine Mall last week and I walked shitty....... I think that those were his words but they may have been mine. I think he said "What has happened?" "You have taken a few steps backward" or something to that effect.... Specifically he said even with the 2 large walking sticks and much more pronounced just using my cane, I was circumducting artificial leg rather than walking straight through with it. Why?????????????? I don't know and I don't know if Jerald knows either. He stopped me while I was walking to make me do some exercises to ascertain whether or not I could do it correctly and I could, so why wasn't I doing it while I walked????

This is so frustrating!!!!!! I don't want to be taking steps backward...... I had the bad cold/bug that everyone seems to be having or had and perhaps physically that set me back some for I didn't do much of anything for a week, like walk.....
Jerald thinks that and my length might have something to do with it, I am going to see him tomorrow and he is going to make me longer. Oh the jokes I could now make if I wasn't in such a shitty mood....... but those who know me know what jokes I would be making......

Jerald might be on to something though for I do look down at my feet a lot when I walk and I can easily see my real foot but the artificial one is at times very difficult to see..... so maybe I am circumducting to be able to see it as I walk.... I don't know - just thinking outloud. I will know more once I get longer....