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A new sock

Yesterday when I went for physio I stuck my head in Clinic 9 to see if my new evening/night sock (Medi Relax Night Care) had arrived. The receptionist disappeared and came back with the sock box in hand. I had been looking forward to getting this sock as this is the one that is supposed […]

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One tough physio session

Last night was a nightmare, it was the first time since the surgery where I could have actually screamed. It wasn’t that it was more painful than it has ever been, because it wasn’t, it was what it was doing that drove me mad. Pins and needles or a tingling sensation is nothing new, I […]

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A mixed bag

Today has been a bit of a mixed bag really. I had a real pants night, get up a bit late, got a phone call from a friend to say I have inspired them, had a visitor and knackered myself having a hose down. I have been having a few problems with the stump the […]

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Prosthetist saves the day

Today was my first Friday physio session and it was grey, sleeting and miserable when we left home, at various places on the journey it was snowing. If you saw the post ‘A day when nothing got done’ you’ll have read that I was having problems with my prosthetic leg, yesterday I didn’t wear it […]

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You just don’t realise

If anyone is a regular reader and read the ‘Medication Mayhem’ post I mentioned about not being able to get into a well know chemist in our Hight Street. Today a friend of mine posted a link on Facebook to sign a petition entitled ‘Ban booking assistance on trains’. I started to read the post […]

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A day when nothing got done

After the last two hectic days I had a free day, a day for getting stuck into the projects I have to do, right, wrong! I had a lay in this morning which I needed to recharge the batteries a little bit. I haven’t been sleeping amazingly well and don’t really rest or lay down […]

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I have a new leg

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 walking lessons begin

Hmmm this title makes the blog sound like a baby album! In a way though it is a bit like that. There are lot’s of things as an amputee that you have to start doing in a totally different way, goals and milestones to achieve and some things that you have to learn again, in […]

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