[AMP-L] Suction or Pin??

[HGMDLM at aol.com]

Hi Nancy;
 
Being from Pittsburgh I know youse guys.  Go Steelers! Go  Eagles!
 
Have been RBKA for 21 years.  Stump is short, described by my  prosthetist as 
very bony, and I have always had a flap of "loose" skin at  bottom of stump.
 
Tried pin system for a short period of time, as a possible alternative to  
modified suction system with a sleeve. But I was not at all comfortable with the 
 feeling I had of "pistoning" or "pull".  I have managed the  suction/sleeve 
system very well.  
 
I have never had a prosthesis fall off.  If I had a prosthesis that  fit, but 
did have a problem with pistoning or slippage due to sweating, it was  solely 
an issue where I wasn't paying enough attention  to and I wasn't managing the 
situation properly.  It wasn't the suction  system itself.
 
You need to do what you feel is best for you.  Sometimes, at the  beginning 
of the process of being an amputee, that is not so  simple. 
 
I feel that the prosthetist is there to help you through the decision  making 
process; letting you know what the alternatives are; letting you try them  
out if he can and then, once you decide what you are comfortable with,  
fabricating a prosthesis that fits.  
 
 
Have a great New Year.
 
Harris  Miller
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