Reading the previous chapters of JUNE first will get you up to date and help understand the following. Strong sexual content.
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Lindsey, or Lin as she liked to be called, got into work at 7 am, her usual time. She worked for Dr. Jack in his ophthalmology clinic. She got the sheet with all the patient's names that were going to be here today to have their eyes measured for new lens after their cataracts were removed. She pulled all of their records and took them to her work area. It was her own room with a desk, computer and machine that the patient and Lin looked into that was hooked to the computer. A type of laser light was directed into the eye and measured several areas of the pupil of the eye and the strength of the lens needed for the light to reach the retina for the patient to see properly.
She got the records sorted in the order that the patients would be in to see her. Right at 8 o'clock the receptionist brought a patient in. Lin went over the file to be sure everything was in it and double checked the medications the patient was on. She then adjusted the viewer to the proper angle and had the patient put their chin in the cup and their forehead on the top of the viewer. The pressure of their forehead activated the system and said that everything was lined up right. If the patient moved the wrong way the system stopped and Lin had to get them back into position. The first patient was very cooperative and went fast. Twenty minutes was allotted for each one and only about fifteen minutes were used. They said good bye to each other and Lin got the next file ready.
Lin put her hands on the wheel rim of her new wheelchair and lifted her rear to change positions. After letting herself back down she reached forward with her hands and felt for the ends of her new leg stumps. Today was the first day she had worn a skirt and it came just above her right stump. The right side was taken right through the knee joint with the knee cap and lower leg removed. She could feel the two boney prominences at the end of her femur through the skin. They were the part that had mated up with her knee joint on the other end. She had told Dr. Edna that she was never going to use prosthetic legs so no muscle tissue or anything else was used to pad the end of the bones.
Her left leg ended half way to where her ankle had been. Over half of the calf and thigh muscles had been removed to reduce the size of what was left. It looked a lot like the old "Long Jeanne Silver" porn star, thin and boney. She also did not have full muscle control over that leg and stump and had to use her hands to move it around. Her stumps were only about 4 months old but the scar on both of the ends barely showed. On both stumps the flap of skin had been folded from front to back so that just smooth skin showed at the end. Excess skin had been carefully trimmed so that they were round and flat. The area along the scar produced a tingly feeling when she touched it as the nerves in the skin had been cut either leaving no or faint feeling. Her door was open and that was the signal to the receptionist that she was ready for the next patient.
At 10 am she took a break and had lunch at noon when the office was closed. She ate lunch with Wendy who was her mentor, boss good friend and lover. Wendy asked her how it felt to be back to work and Lin said great especially with her new body. They grinned at each other. Wendy asked if she liked the results and were they what she thought they would be. Lin said the results were better than she thought they would be. Dr. Edna was fantastic. She had removed Wendy's right leg about 5 years ago along with most of the other amputee people that worked for Dr. Jack including both of his at the hips. Almost all of them were some kind of amputee or even double amputees like Lin.
Wendy asked Lin if she wanted to get together this weekend and Lin said that would be great. They had not been together since just before Lin's surgery. Everyone got back to work and was ready for their 1 pm patients. Lin worked through hers and about 2 the receptionist brought her last patient. Lin was surprised as he seemed to be about her age and in a wheelchair. For some reason he had developed severe cataracts and was going to have them removed. His exam went fast and they had time to talk after they were done. He explained he had a spinal tumor when he was 5 and the surgery had left him a paraplegic. Even though his legs were totally paralyzed from his waist down he still had some feeling down to his mid thigh.
Lin pushed her wheelchair back to her desk about that time and Keith saw for the first time she was also in a wheelchair. He was surprised and asked what her problem was and she just answered that she had problems with her legs. He could not see the "problem" though. The back on her chair was very low and did not have push handles on them so almost all of her patients had no idea she was in a wheelchair. Lin used the phone to call the front desk to be sure she did not have any more patients then moved back to the table Keith was at. They chatted some more then Keith asked if he could call her at home. Lin hesitated for a few seconds then gave him her number.
After Keith left she went through her computer files getting all the stuff in order then sent the file to the lens manufacturer who would make the lens. She was done at 5:30 and said good night to everyone and left for the day. The employees had their own underground parking area and most of them were handicap spots. Lin liked driving a car as she enjoyed having to transfer to the driver's seat then take her wheelchair apart and put it on the passenger seat. She used hand controls to drive with. She got to her apartment and headed to her bedroom. Like most wheelchair users she found it easier to transfer to the bed to dress and undress. She undressed and got back in her wheelchair and into the bathroom.