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Going on a end of summer family vacation in a few days. Total 7 adults with a young 1 and a half year old. We used to go to the Dells almost every summer for a few days, but I haven’t been in probably 10-11 years. We’ll be staying at Wilderness and spending plenty of time at their water park. We’ll also plan to do the Deer Park and possibly Circus Museum in Baraboo. Maybe the wildlife park. Some things I was looking forward to though, have seemingly either gotten way worse or just closed. Tommy Bartlett show, it looks and sounds like My. Olympus is not well received now (or is it just their hotels?)

We’ll be there for 3 and a half days. Any spots worth checking out? Activities, places to eat, etc?

So, I’m only vaguely familiar with Natalie Cuomo, mostly from when she went off on a dude in the audience for no reason; but my friend had a free ticket to see her and I thought “why not?” I’ve been to my fair share of stand up acts, but it was honestly one of the most unfunny sets I’ve seen. Her set ups were quite bland and basic, a lot of the punchlines felt “high school”-ish. There were a few times I wasn’t sure if the bit or joke was over or not, or if she was just ranting. She would invite crowd participation but then seemingly get legit upset and annoyed at said participation with comments like “You guys need to settle”, “you’re getting too rowdy” when I felt it was a handful of people answering out loud to her “questions”. She would seemed to get tripped up and couldn’t handle more than 2 people saying something out loud. I also feel she ended her set quite early? Two openers, who were 20ish minutes, before her that started at 8:15-8:20ish, and we were out of the venue by 9:41. Maybe it was just a really weak closer, but the last joke felt very sudden and abrupt. My buddy I was with looked over at me and asked if I was “okay” just simply because I was sitting there with virtually no reaction.

I hate to be “that guy”, but I didn’t think this was bad comedy because of subject, or who she is, but at a foundational level, it just wasn’t good. Even comedy that doesn’t necessarily make me laugh out loud, gives me some sort of emotion. But this… this was a big ol’ nothing.

I get the sense that she seems to be polarizing, and more disliked than liked, but was/is this her typical shtick, or did I just get a bad night?

Soon, I’ll be going on a family vacation where we’ll be staying at a resort with a pretty sizable water park.

My first prosthetic that I had last year was a suction sleeve and my prosthetist told me that I could use it on the beach, in the pool, etc., as long as rinsed and washed it with fresh water thoroughly as soon as possible. He said it might not necessarily be comfortable as it could get water-logged and feel heavy, but nothing to worry about as far as damage to the actual prosthetic as long as I cleaned/washed it.

Fast forward to present day, I’m on my second prosthetic but this time it’s a pin-lock. I had asked my new prosthetist about the water park and assumed it was the same thing as far as getting it wet and submerging it as long as I washed and cleaned with fresh water. She was very hesitant about it.

She said if my original prosthetist said it was okay with my ankle/foot it get it wet as long as I cleaned, it should be fine as I haven’t changed out any of those parts. However, she was quite hesitant when it came to the pin-lock part. She offered the suggestion of a “new” or second leg with waterproof parts and liners; but insurance won’t cover it; as there’s no record of me “needing” a new one and now there just isn’t time to get stuff from my doctors and have one made in time. She suggested using Saran Wrap type stuff over my liner, but admitted that she didn’t know if they would stick or even help that much. She basically said it’s better to just submerge it and just “wade” in ankle deep water and clean it ASAP.

Long story short; anyone have tips or experiences with your prosthetic and water parks to avoid damage?

I just got my 2nd socket towards the end of March/early April, and everything was going well until a few days ago. I am using a pin-lock system, and every time I try to stand-up, or go up stairs I get this feeling of “pressure” in my socket. It was pressing against the inside of my knee. Almost like it wanted to push my residual down more. I tried putting on more socks, but was having a hard time “clicking-in” where I was getting 2-3 clicks, compared to a normal 8 or so. I was also starting to “muffin top” a bit. I also tried cutting some old socks into half-socks and filling more of the bottom, and same thing.

Then I thought that I recently had a minor acne/ingrown hair breakout in the back of my knee and maybe it was still swollen a bit, even though that had seemed to clear up for the most part. I clean and alternate my liners daily. Could that be it?

However, the kicker is that after the initial stand, or the force where I have to put my whole body weight down or into it; after 4 or 5 steps and I keep walking, it feels completely normal and the pressure is gone. Almost like it “settled in”.

I emailed my prosthetist, but can’t get in until next week. I’m on my 2nd socket from an amp last March. Typically, I wear anywhere between 3-8 ply depending on my activity level and have tried various sock/ply combos but nothing makes it comfortable.

Could it be time for a new socket already after just a few months? Anyone have experience, or even tips or tricks until I can get to my prosthetist?