The Amputee

Help for all amputees Today a package arrived and I noticed by the postmark that it was from the...
I have a new leg Today was a momentous day really as it was the day I was fitted with my new...
The phantom in me Today has been relatively quiet, the Consultants and physios are not in and it...
Let’s play catchup! So here we are, the first proper entry. On Thursday the 10th November after a...

Help for all amputees

December 18, 2011 by theamputee 0 Comments

Today a package arrived and I noticed by the postmark that it was from the Limbless Association http://www.limbless-association.org/ . I had decided to join them the other day and joined as a lifetime member at a cost of £150 as opposed to the yearly £20. There was stacks of brochures and information in the pack [...]

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I have a new leg

December 13, 2011 by theamputee 0 Comments

Today was a momentous day really as it was the day I was fitted with my new leg. It was up at a sparrows fart this morning to get to Addenbrooke’s for 08:00, even though we left really early we were still 10 mins late due to the traffic (note to self, get up before [...]

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The phantom in me

November 19, 2011 by theamputee 0 Comments

Today has been relatively quiet, the Consultants and physios are not in and it is more relaxed in the morning. I have done my exercises today and increased my reps slightly but will keep them the same tomorrow. I had another wonderful visit today from a former colleague, he brought me some nice juicy grapes [...]

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Let’s play catchup!

November 13, 2011 by theamputee 2 Comments

So here we are, the first proper entry. On Thursday the 10th November after a restless night I came into Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon for a left above knee amputation. I had only spoken to a couple of people about it, one being an amputee himself. There was a couple of reasons for not tell anyone [...]

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Where is the logic?

February 23, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

Some of you may remember that 14 weeks ago I mentioned I had sent off the application form for Disability Living Allowance. Not able to just tell them what care needs had increased I had to completely reapply. They say it can take up to 11 weeks to get a decision, that’s from the time [...]

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No physio for me today

February 22, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

Considering the fall the Tramadol did a reasonable job last night and I got an average sleep. This morning I was certainly feeling the effects of the decking. To my surprise there didn’t appear to be any bruising so most of it must have been pulled muscle, with most of the pain being in my [...]

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That Yin Yang thing again

February 21, 2012 by theamputee 4 Comments

I was only saying the other day that for every positive there is a negative and it has struck again, in a big way. Last night we had a bit of crying and howling from Cody but he settled quite quickly considering it was his first night. This morning Mum and Dad went shopping while [...]

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What an amazing day

February 20, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

There was a bit of activity over the weekend, not much and I didn’t want to say anything in case it didn’t happen but two things happened today. The first was a hydrotherapy session which I was quite lucky to get. The physio was brilliant, really helpful and the exercises she gave me were really [...]

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Soooooo painful

February 17, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

I woke this morning with positivity and was going to get my leg on and go for a short walk, with Dad in tow again. The bruising looked a bit better first thing so already another positive was to be had, all in a short space of time. Unfortunately things started to landslide from here [...]

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For every positive there is a negative

February 16, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

From yesterday being so positive I was a bit disappointed to wake up to a negative, It was a surprising one and not really expected. When at physio yesterday I did get a bit of pain in the groin but it tended to be when I was walking without my sticks but it wasn’t as [...]

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Quite a positive day

February 16, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

Nothing massive happened today but there were lots of little positives. I love my prosthetist she is just amazing and I don’t know what I would have done without her. Yet again Lynne came to the rescue, she managed to fit me in while I was over for physio to solve another problem. Following her [...]

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Nearly!

February 14, 2012 by theamputee 2 Comments

Apologies to my devoted reads for not doing a post yesterday but…….well, there just wasn’t any thing to write about. I was hoping to report on an epic adventure yesterday but it didn’t happen, I was a bit disappointed but new the day would arrive soon, I was right! This morning was manic, we had [...]

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