# My new leg

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/my-new-leg/1474>\
**Category:** Photos\
**Created:** [July 8, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/my-new-leg/1474 "2012-07-08T01:17:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/mike/32/15_2.png) [@Mike](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/my-new-leg/1474/1 "2012-07-08T01:17:49Z")

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This is my above the knee prostheses made for me by the University of Michigan Orthotics & Prosthetics Center.

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/ben_erythromelalgia/original/2X/7/769fc839ef8a21b0e64cb2dd3c4b33c4740efad3.jpg)

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**Author:** ![lauraflora1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/lauraflora1/32/38_2.png) [@lauraflora1](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/lauraflora1)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/my-new-leg/1474/2 "2012-07-08T18:49:24Z")

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Glad to see you up and about smiling. I really hope everything is going well for you.?!

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**Author:** ![CindyStyle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/cindystyle/32/182_2.png) [@CindyStyle](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/CindyStyle)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/my-new-leg/1474/3 "2012-07-16T00:21:24Z")

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Wow…that is great! Has your pain remained improved?

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**Author:** ![Mike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/mike/32/15_2.png) [@Mike](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/my-new-leg/1474/4 "2012-07-21T20:25:09Z")

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I do have phantom pain, which at times can be pretty intense. The physical pain from the diseased left leg/foot/toes is gone, which prevented me from walking. I am now able to walk and rejoin the human race - to a certain extent.

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**Author:** ![CindyStyle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/cindystyle/32/182_2.png) [@CindyStyle](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/CindyStyle)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/my-new-leg/1474/5 "2012-07-25T17:21:50Z")

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That's great, welcome back to the race! The human one!