The night before last I took more medication as a matter of course because of the previous nights phantom pain. Form early evening I had a very strong sensation but it was different from the night before. This time my foot (that isn’t there) felt exceptionally contorted. how can I describe this? It was like […]
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The phantom rises
February 2, 2012 
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Last night was unpleasant to say the least. I noticed when I was reading in bed last night that the phantom sensations were incredibly high and worse than it had been for ages. Now I could be wrong but I am guessing that it had something to do with the trauma it was subjected to […]
Continue reading Send it back!
February 1, 2012 0 Comments
I had physio this afternoon and imagine my surprise when I walked in and my leg was ready. It was a good job I hadn’t worn a different trainer as I had originally planed as there was quite a difference in the sole depth of the two. The foam bit wasn’t quite as I had […]
Continue reading Frustration turned to tears
January 31, 2012 0 Comments
I’m back, I got the two projects done with a day to spare which left me with today free, well sort of. Let’s back track a couple of days though. On Saturday I thought I would put my leg on in the morning and was even hoping to take a trot up the road a […]
Continue reading Only three days left!
January 27, 2012 0 Comments
Friday, the day everyone looks forward to the most and the start of the relaxing weekend. For me it signals blind panic and announces that I only have three full days left to get 2 projects completed. I hope this doesn’t mean a 72hr marathon to get them both done. One of them is my […]
Continue reading Operation ‘Salad Bar’
January 27, 2012 0 Comments
Today was the second day (every Thursday for 6 weeks) of the Community Grant Programme at OWR (Operation Warriors Return). I felt a little stiff after yesterday’s physio session but not half as bad as I thought I was going too, I did however, feel really tired when it was time to haul myself out […]
Continue reading Advanced Physio
January 25, 2012 4 Comments
Today was my first session in the Advanced class. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, all I was told was that they do more activities. There was only one other person in with me today but apparently there are normally about 4 or 5. Because you tend to be more active around the […]
Continue reading I fall for Kinect Sports: Season 2
January 24, 2012 0 Comments
Now with the word fall in the title you would probably jump to the conclusion that I fell over, well, you would be right, I did. Today was the first day I wore my prosthetic leg since Friday and I hoped the stump wouldn’t still be swollen. Alas it was still swollen and again I […]
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The Amputee 