The Footless Man gets a new leg

When you wear a prosthesis, and when you depend on it to move around, how it fits is really important.  The Footless Man has two of these suckers and they can really limit his mobility.  From what he says climbing up a ladder is especially hard.
Medicare lets you replace the socket (which means replace the entire thing.) every three years.  The Footless Man was due and overdue on his left socket.  Having a new socket molded means making a bunch of decisions.  How does it attach to the leg?  What sort of revisions will accommodate the new leg shape? What kind of foot and how hard or soft should the springs be? and finally, do you want something special for the outer shell?  

Someone figured out that swimsuit material bonds beautifully with the polymers that make up the socket and so anything that comes in nylon spandex can show up on a prosthesis socket.  The Footless Man chose a rather pretty fabric with an aqua background and eyes on it.  He misjudged the size of the print by rather a lot.

 

He can keep an eye on anything from knee level.    It looks a bit wall-eyed.

After a lot of adjustments

 
 

and walking

 

 

and sitting

  

After a final test drive with a cane, the Footless man was declared good to go. 

He and his googly eyed leg took off and went to lunch.