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 
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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 […]
Continue reading That Yin Yang thing again
February 21, 2012 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 […]
Continue reading What an amazing day
February 20, 2012 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 […]
Continue reading Soooooo painful
February 17, 2012 1 Comment
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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February 16, 2012 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 […]
Continue reading Quite a positive day
February 16, 2012 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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February 14, 2012 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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