The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VI.. Stop In!!!

[Running Bear]

RB How are you climbing stairs? Can you do one foot per step or do you have to bring both feet together on each step? (Nosy question; feel free to tell me to shut up.)

Going up I have to step up with my left foot (natural) so I then can use that leg to bring myself up and get th right foot beside the left then repeat that process. I have very little balance control with the prosthetic leg and trying to go up the steps right foot first is a dicey proposition at best. It usually puts me at the bottom of the steps again (OUCH!). The higher the step is the harder it is. I can carry stuff up a four inch step. I can't carry very much up a seven inch step. Going down I have to put the prosthetic foot down on the lower step first then bring the left down to that step. If I step down with the left first my right knee gets very unhappy as I have no ankle flex on the right leg. It has a tiny amount of movement for walking but that's it. It can't flex forward or to the sides like a natural ankle. Makes it interesting when I'm putting my shoes on. It's like putting a shoe onto a foot shaped brick on he end of a metal rod.