Amputees NEW Prosthetic

My Name is Simon and I am a recent amputee.

UPDATE: I RECENTLY RECEIVED A NEW SOCKET FOR MY PROSTHETIC, AND MY INSURANCE, LOW AND BEHOLD, COVERED THE NEW SOCKET. WONDERS WILL NEVER CEASE.....

SO THIS GOFUNDME PAGE IS KINDA VERY UNNECESSARY NOW..... IF YOU SEND ME MONEY, I WILL NOT RETURN IT, I WILL USE IT FOR MY WEDDING/HONEYMOON......JUST SO YOU KNOW. FULL DISCLOSURE AND ALL.

My story is not unique or even very special. I have diabetes and recently had a BKA (below the knee amputation) because of my diabetes. During my illness leading up to my amputation, I met an angel. I refer to her as an angel because if not for her love and caring toward me, I would have given up and just died.

Grace was the glue that held me together, mentally and physically during the past 7 months. Our relationship is somewhat magical. We met. Liked one another. Dated. I got sick. On the way to the operating room to have a toe amputated, I proposed to her. She said YES.



I found out I would lose my leg to diabetes and went to a dark place, Grace stayed with me. Nursed me. Loved me. Grace saved me. 

I would like to marry Grace. 

Now comes the why I need a new prosthetic.......

Prosthetic companies need an amputee on staff. This has become more evident to me at each visit I have with prosthetic experts who are responsible for the development of my progress toward walking "normal." I am puzzled how an expert or "specialists" can actually be an expert or specialists.......on what I need as an amputee......when that expert specialists HAS NEVER BEEN AN AMPUTEE.

Something that makes Me go Ummmmmmmm.

Way back on February 4th, when I cane home from the hospital after having my right leg amputated below the knee, my limb was huge from the surgery and from swelling.


The swelling decreases over a matter of weeks, as the fluid in the limb goes back to normal and distributes to the other body parts as needed. This is why it takes weeks before a new amputee can be fitted for a new prosthesis. The wound has to heal properly and the sutures must seal the wound before a prosthetic cast can be made of the limb.

Soon after the healing process has reached a point determined by the specialists, you get your limb cast for your new socket.....


It IS a process and this process I fully understand. Whats troubling to me is the process has been developed by people who have never walked with a prosthetic. It's exactly like asking a carpenter who works only with wood, to build a cast iron shelf....or a better analogy would be....asking an aerospace engineer who has never flown an airplane or spent one minute flying in an airplane, to design a better version of the Airbus A380-800.

People who have never worn a prosthetic can not know exactly the needs and everyday concerns of those who wear a prosthetic as a way of being mobile every single minute they are up and moving.

This is my brand new prosthetic, it's almost 2 months old.....


There are two very important issues I have with this current prosthetic..... ONE is it's not equipped with an ankle joint/socket, so walking like "Normal" as one does who has a working ankle, is impossible. TWO is the socket, which is this carbon fiber part of the prosthetic..... thats the black part that resembles a bucket....


.......Is toooo big for my limb. I have progressed far too fast by "normal" standards and need a new, smaller socket to walk comfortably and normally. That means my limb has shrunk faster than expected and I have created a problem for the prosthetic company and the insurance company that is paying for this prosthesis. My quick advancement from this first prosthesis to the next level socket that fits a smaller limb .....is too fast and that means the prosthetic company needs to make me a new socket that fits.....and charge the insurance company.....AGAIN.



HOW DARE ME heal so quickly, get my amputated limb down to a normal size this fast, start walking on my own and needing an ankle joint like normal people, this gosh darn soon? 

What the hell is my problem, why the rush, I've only had this first prosthetic since May 16th, 2019....a mere 39 DAYS. HOW CAN I EXPECT THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO GET ALL EXCITED ABOUT MY SUPER SPEEDY RECOVERY, WHEN THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS TO PAY FOR THIS STUFF?

I am NOT supposed to be out and about this soon.....


As you can imagine, I am getting a new, better, prosthetic company with a prosthetic specialists who is indeed, special. Instead of using the pin system I currently have, to connect the prosthetic to my limb .......


I'll be using a more stable connection method.....vacuum/suction. A sleeve will create a suction vacuum to keep me seated/connected to the prosthetic socket. The video I am showing you below is what I need.......this 59 year old man is who I desire to be in a few months.


I could go on and on and on about all thats wrong with this prosthetic game. There really needs to be a human being who uses a prosthetic on a daily basis so that human being would know first hand what an amputee needs.

So thats what this GoFundMe Campaign is all about, I need a new prosthetic and the insurance companies believe I should be happy with the ill fitting limb they provided me months ago. Help.