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Goodies from the Hospital

July 9, 2013 by theamputee 0 Comments

I was excited about this morning, not about getting up at 06:00 but going for my casting. Nothing I haven’t done before but this was for my first long term socket, which will hopefully make life easier and resolve some, if not all, my issues. Lynne (my Prosthetist) brought in the liner I will be […]

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Unexpected but good news

July 1, 2013 by theamputee 2 Comments

Bright and early this morning I was with Lynne (my Prosthetist) at Addenbrooke’s Hospital for a socket review. It’s three weeks since I last saw her, there were a issues but it all hinged around the same thing, problems on the groin and tendon area. I explained all the problems and said that it was […]

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Amputee Kinect Sports Action

January 17, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

The leg went on early this morning and it actually seemed to feel miles better, a result I thought. Not too long after however, I needed to go to the toilet, which I can’t do without taking the leg off first. Of course after this the inevitable happened and when I put it on again […]

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