About the only decent thing that happened today was a Boxing Day tradition of devouring a box of Orange Matchmakers while watching The Wizard of Oz, that I’m afraid is as exciting as it gets. The start to my day was rather more dramatic and a start I could have done without. Rough night number […]
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Merry Christmas but no miracle
December 25, 2011 
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So there was no miracle of Christmas, I didn’t wake up to find this year has been just been a bad dream and I still only have one leg. The amputation to be fair was actually almost like an early Christmas present and I am really pleased now it was done. None of us really […]
Continue reading A chilled day
December 24, 2011 0 Comments
Yesterday I had intended to write a few letters/emails but never got round to it as it turned into a busy day. Today I was going to do the jobs I didn’t get round to but ended up doing none of them again! I had a particularly bad night last night although I am not […]
Continue reading A great day with mixed emotions
December 23, 2011 0 Comments
Today has been really good in most ways but a bit weird in others. My parents picked my Nan (94) up this morning as she is staying with us over the Holiday period. I was a bit apprehensive as it is the first time she has seen me as an amputee. It felt a bit […]
Continue reading Off to see the Wizard, no not of Oz
December 21, 2011 0 Comments
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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December 20, 2011 0 Comments
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 […]
Continue reading One tough physio session
December 19, 2011 4 Comments
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 […]
Continue reading Prosthetist saves the day
December 16, 2011 0 Comments
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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