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Lots of exercise

June 20, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

Yesterday was another gloriously sunny day which gave me another opportunity to go for a walk with Dad and Cody (my Labrador). Back up the track again today and I was hoping to do my walk in under 20mins. The walk out, as normal, was a bit slow as everything is against me so I […]

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A great walk

June 18, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

The last few days have been quite good in the main, there was only one big disappointment which came in the shape of my Phoenix. Friday I trotted across to Halfords and bought a can of lacquer to spray over the prosthetic socket to seal the picture and lettering. My worst fears were realised when […]

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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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Ely Parade

June 10, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

It’s all been rather quiet and I’ve mainly been recovering from the physio session from hell the other week. Yes it really has taken that long for my back and knee to recover and I can’t believe all that pain came from stretching exercises. Of course I did my patriotic bit and watched the Jubilee […]

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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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A walk in the real world

May 25, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

Off the back of the ‘inspiring’ physio session on Wednesday, yesterday gave me the opportunity to go out with my prosthetic leg on. Don’t get too excited by this news, it was only to a local Supermarket. I was a little sore/aching from yesterday but thankfully it only took a couple of attempts to get […]

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Employment & Support Allowance Stopped

May 19, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

Before I went away on holiday I had to go to Cambridge for my medical assessment as part of my renewal claim for ESA (Employment & Support Allowance). When I got home from Wales there was a letter waiting for me from the DWP (Department of Work and Pensions) dated the 3rd May, it told […]

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R&R in Wales

May 6, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

Yesterday was pretty epic as I travelled to Wales for a few days R&R, sightseeing and photography. It all started Friday evening when we took Cody to the kennels. He is staying with the people we bought him from and where he will see his Mum, Brother and friends. He seemed quite happy and I […]

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