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\"\"<\/a>A few months ago I was reconsidering my legs.\u00a0 For a few years I’d gone ‘robotic’–letting my prosthetic leg show rather than wearing a cosmetic covering over it to make it have the same contours as an organic leg.\u00a0 It was an empowering experience, but also hard sometimes.\u00a0\u00a0 I don’t mind being stared at–I’m used to it now, after having had that happen for nearly 30 years.\u00a0 I don’t mind discussing my disability–I’m used to that, too.\u00a0 But I do mind when that tends to eclipse everything else that is important and interesting about me.\u00a0 So I started feeling like it was time for a change (that, and I started wearing knee-high boots, which looked REALLY WEIRD with one skinny leg and one normal-sized one).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As a temporary measure, I put some old cosmesis on my leg to see how it felt and looked.\u00a0 I showed my kids and their jaws sort of dropped.\u00a0 They were so used to a Mom with asymmetry–they didn’t seem to like it much.\u00a0 I mentioned it to some friends, who were supportive, but not really opinionated one way or another about which looked better.\u00a0 And after a few weeks of using that old cosmesis (which wasn’t actually fitted to this prosthetic leg so it didn’t look quite right around the ankle or knee), I submitted the insurance paperwork to get some nice cosmesis made for this leg.\u00a0 And, months later, it was approved and I got my new skin about a week ago.<\/p>\n

At this point, I’m still not sure which look I prefer.\u00a0 I see positives and negatives to both.\u00a0 But I like that I now feel comfortable wearing my leg either way–I experience no shame in showing my robotic innards, and I also enjoy ‘passing’ as a biped and having my tights and boots and slacks hang symmetrically on my lower body.\u00a0 Perhaps what’s most important is knowing that either works fine for me, and I can change my mind about my ‘look’ at any time without feeling the need to justify or explain it to anyone.<\/p>\n

(Pic to the left is me last Halloween with stripey tights and a tutu.\u00a0 Pic to the right is me today at work (with my skirt hiked up a bit to show the vintage-lace edge of the slip that I’m wearing underneath my sundress)<\/em><\/p>\n

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