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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A white blanket of snow
February 10, 2012 
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This morning we woke up to a good couple of inches of snow again. Unlike the last time we had snowfall there was no wind, this meant instead of drifting the snow settled like a lovely blanket over everything. The sun was out which made the snow glisten and it looked stunning, just how I […]
Continue reading A bit too long
February 9, 2012 0 Comments
The one thing I didn’t mention in yesterday’s blog was that there is still one little problem with the prosthesis. When my leg was first set up it was deliberately shorter than my real leg because I kept scuffing the toe of the shoe on the floor. When I stood on the leg I didn’t […]
Continue reading Test drive of my leg
February 7, 2012 0 Comments
Today was the first day I have worn my prosthesis for any length of time for a while now, I have to confess that there was a bit of nerves getting back on it again. So, with all the changes yesterday what were the results? I climbed into the socket and had the usual struggle […]
Continue reading Is it a resolution?
February 7, 2012 0 Comments
Today was another trip to see Lynne my prosthetist. I didn’t really know what to expect today as the foam cuff was a total failure last Wednesday. I was a bit open minded but after talking to Lisa at physio I thought she might have talked to Lynne and a recast was of the cards. […]
Continue reading The phantom rises
February 2, 2012 0 Comments
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 […]
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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 Mix of good and bad news
January 21, 2012 0 Comments
Last night following my exercise session I thought my stump seemed a a bit bigger than normal but I wasn’t 100% sure, it was very warm too. I had an OK nights having with the socket I was given a couple of hip exercises to practice to see if I can walk slightly differently to […]
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