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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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My first casting

No not that sort of casting, I don’t think I would be cut out for a film role. It was off to Addenbrooke’s this morning to see the Rehabilitation Consultant and thankfully we got a disabled parking space today after a few laps of honour round the hospital. The first thing was to get weighed […]

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Let’s play catchup!

So here we are, the first proper entry. On Thursday the 10th November after a restless night I came into Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon for a left above knee amputation. I had only spoken to a couple of people about it, one being an amputee himself. There was a couple of reasons for not tell anyone […]

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