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Oh wow, this is...interesting.

My protective stump wrapping got changed again yesterday evening. (For the first time in several days? Seemed like longer than I would expect.)

Anyway, I could see that the nurse used what seemed to be a different sticky layer on the bottom where the incision was . Because they use a sticky layer there?

Awesomely, my skin seems to hate that adhesive 🙃 It's sensitive to most adhesive. So now the stump is itching like mad, and of course I can't start clawing at it. Rubbing isn't helping while the irritating stuff is still on there.

The most disconcerting thing, though? Pretty much the whole lower leg is itching like there's no tomorrow, down to the ankle. You know, the lower leg and ankle which got incinerated like 2 weeks ago? Those parts. 😒

No clue why Ghost Foot isn't getting in on the allergic action there, but thank you very much Ghost Foot! ⭐

(It shouldn't be too long before someone is around to help us with a morning wash, and I will definitely raise the issue then. We're still on basically overnight skeleton crew at around 6 am anyway.)

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I really do sort of hope that the full Ghost Leg sensation thing does turn out to be actually useful once I finally do get into a prosthetic leg. I have been assured that this should be the case, by folks with absolutely no firsthand experience.

Because it really isn't all that helpful in the meantime. As I once again absentmindedly try to step onto a leg which is no longer physically there. (Which at least did not land me in the floor, on this occasion.)

This does seem to be a pretty universal experience, and unlikely to completely stop over time. I still feel like a jackass whenever it happens.

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