Hello everyone, hope your all doing well.  I made some progress since my last blog post, I faced my fears with the pool and I won! It was really nice to be able to swim; it felt really good on the nub too. No matter how long we have been amps or whatever your challenges may be, we can always work on accomplishing those challenges. The feel of accomplishment is so rewarding, thanks for all the support everyone.
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Good day to all my fellow Amp's out there, I have done some experimenting and have a report for you all, some might find it helpful, some not. Last summer I noticed a small increase of an odor when I would take my liner off at the end of the day. I found sweating would also make my leg loose. What I mean by that is that my liner would turn or just get real sloppy due to the sweat. So after I joined some amp support groups I did some learning, I did not know they make an under liner. This would reduce odor, or so they said, and would absorb the sweat and keep you feeling more dry. After more research I did find them, at the amp store, Here is a link so you can check the, out for yourself.  Underliner info, click here!
They are a little pricey, about $14.00 each, we ordered two. 
I was excited when I got it and was later disappointed in the result, It seem to create a situation of looseness that I was trying to eliminate in the first place. My leg felt like it was constantly going to slip off. So I gave it another shot and tried it on my other leg and still had the same result. It might have worked better if the under liner was tighter like a pantyhose or something, not really sure because it was snug. Just because it didn't work for me does not mean it wont work for you. I might try it again if I had a smaller size, we'll see at a later date. Thanks everyone and keep on keeping on and hope your 4th of July was great. 

It's been a crazy year so far and have not had a chance to post in here. Being disabled doesn't mean life is over, it's quite the opposite.  For me it's made me learn different thing especially your daily routine things like dressing bathing and so on. I have just received my 3rd leg since my amputation and my one year anniversary was back in January. This leg is not fitting quite right, but were making due, it has been decided by my prosthesis to redo this leg. At least this leg has not made any sores although it did bruise my leg for the first week pretty good. But even with all this craziness, you still need to do the things you love, my thing is building and creating things. Especially my woodworking, I just finished a 3' memorial bench for a person's daughter who passed at a very young age. We did a turquoise inlay of a heart shape and wood burned the letters. Doing a memorial bench reminds you how valuable life is. Everything is possible through Jesus and your will to do it. Too many people I have seen just give up, they have chosen not to have a quality of life, not sure why. I think with the right support system, it would change things for the better. So don't let your disability disappoint you from a full life, you can still do anything you want! Till next time, keep the faith!