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@@@@@Nowhere near the stump "Not at all, phantom sensations in the stump of a limb are normalI'm just surprised at the rate of healingI squeezed pretty darn hard to begin with He cupped the stump again and pushed upward"Does that give pain?" It did - a dull, low sparkle, vaguely hot "If it didn't I'd be worried"Look at the eye-chart again, all right?" 628 I did as he asked, and decided that all-important seventh line was AGOCSEOWhich made more sense because it made no sense "How many fingers am I touching you with, Edgar?" "Don't know It didn't feel like he was touching me at all "Now?" "Don't know He was almost up to my collarboneAnd I had an idea - crazy but very strong - that I would have been able to feel his fingers everywhere on the stump if I'd been in one of my painting frenziesIn fact, I would have been able to feel his fingers in the air below the stumpAnd I think he would have been able to feel mewhich would no doubt have caused the good doctor to run screaming from the room He went on - first to my leg, then my headHe listened to my heart, looked into my eyes, and did a bunch of other doctorly thingsWhen he'd exhausted most of the possibilities, he told me to get dressed and meet him at the end of the hall 629 This turned out to be a pleasantly littered little officeHadlock sat behind the desk and leaned back in his chairThere were pictures on one wall Some, I assumed, were of the doctor's family, but there were also shots of him shaking hands with George Bush the First and Maury Povich (intellectual equals, in my book), and one of him with an amazingly vigorous and pretty Elizabeth EastlakeThey were holding tennis rackets, and I recognized the cour