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Off to see the Wizard, no not of Oz

Last night was hellish again. I wore the Relax sock from about 17:00 and still had the same level of discomfort when I went to bed. It took me ages to get to sleep and I just kept waking up, at some point the sock tried my patience and I took it off. Later on […]

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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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Banned, banned and …….. well maybe

Compared to the last two monumental days on the road to recovery today seemed a bit of a trundle down a track. After getting up late this morning (slap wrists), trying to catch up on some sleep (bad night last night) I decided I would write out my Christmas cards. I am usually ahead of […]

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First step with an artificial leg

Being Monday it was over to Addenbrooke’s for a physio session. The only painful thing about today was finding a parking space. We drove round 4 times and all the disabled bays were full so we headed to the multistory car park. We managed to get a disabled space there but had to pay, and […]

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Let’s get physical

Today it was off to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge for my first session of physiotherapy. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post I was a bit apprehensive but keen to get on and start the rehabilitation process. After getting there and finding a parking space, which was a bloody nightmare, it was off to the physiotherapy department. […]

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