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An epic day

July 1, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

Yesterday was the Cambs ACF (Army Cadet Force) Open Day and I was there to do the photography. I knew this was going to be a very long day as we had to be at the Cadet Training Centre at 08:45, the event ran from 10:00 to 17:00 and I didn’t end up getting away […]

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A happy bunny

June 14, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

Yesterday was the first physio session for a couple of weeks and as long as we weren’t doing a whole session of stretching I was actually looking forward to it. I had taken the belt of my prosthesis along in my bag but decided to try it without the belt on, I managed the whole […]

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Two achievements in one day!

May 28, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

Yes today has been a good day. I managed to get my prosthetic leg on (couldn’t get it on at all yesterday) but ended up with a massive hole in my Donning Sleeve, I will have to try and get another one when I am physio on Wednesday. The day started buy driving roughly 10 […]

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Slightly inspirational physio session

May 24, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

I know, the words inspirational and physio in the same sentence, hard to believe. It has been a hard week with the leg and yet again getting fed up with it. I found out on Monday that I can’t drive with it on, so need to try and sort the car somehow and the camber […]

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The best physio session ever!

May 3, 2012 by theamputee 6 Comments

Before I tell you about yesterday’s physio session let me quickly bring you up to date with the prosthetic leg situation since last Wednesday. Thursday bruised and couldn’t wear it, Friday was the same as Thursday, Saturday at Twickenham for the Rugby so didn’t wear it, Sunday I couldn’t get in it (nearly launched it […]

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We were put through our paces

February 8, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

This afternoon when I got to physio I put my leg on while the others in the group started their 10 minute warm up. With my leg on I started with my warm up but was now about 5 minutes behind the others. My warm up was on the bike again but as before kept […]

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