Today I was back to see Lynne (my prosthetist) for another early appointment at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, she hadn’t ready my blog so wasn’t ready for today’s bombshell of ‘I still can’t get the leg on’. As predicted the last option was to use a bag, or an Arion Easy-Proth Donning Sleeve to be more exact. […]
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I have a brilliant prosthetist
March 23, 2012 
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A glorious sunny day and I spent the morning in hospital, was it worth it? It may well have been. Having been unable to get my prosthesis on since I’ve had the second socket it was back to Lynne (my prosthetist) to see if she could remedy the situation. After explaining the problem two solutions […]
Continue reading It just won’t fit!
March 18, 2012 0 Comments
Yesterday I thought I would put my prosthetic leg on just before lunch, sit for lunch and then do the dishes after. I thought that would be a nice little trial for the first day and then go from there, that was the plan anyway. Like all best laid plans of mice and men it […]
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March 16, 2012 0 Comments
Today I was at Addenbrooke’s Hospital to see Lynne and have the new socket fitted on my prosthetic leg. In some ways I was dreading the long morning but also a bit excited at the thought of the new socket, which I hope will be a lot better than the old one. The different shape […]
Continue reading Soooooo painful
February 17, 2012 1 Comment
I woke this morning with positivity and was going to get my leg on and go for a short walk, with Dad in tow again. The bruising looked a bit better first thing so already another positive was to be had, all in a short space of time. Unfortunately things started to landslide from here […]
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February 14, 2012 2 Comments
Apologies to my devoted reads for not doing a post yesterday but…….well, there just wasn’t any thing to write about. I was hoping to report on an epic adventure yesterday but it didn’t happen, I was a bit disappointed but new the day would arrive soon, I was right! This morning was manic, we had […]
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February 1, 2012 0 Comments
I had physio this afternoon and imagine my surprise when I walked in and my leg was ready. It was a good job I hadn’t worn a different trainer as I had originally planed as there was quite a difference in the sole depth of the two. The foam bit wasn’t quite as I had […]
Continue reading Frustration turned to tears
January 31, 2012 0 Comments
I’m back, I got the two projects done with a day to spare which left me with today free, well sort of. Let’s back track a couple of days though. On Saturday I thought I would put my leg on in the morning and was even hoping to take a trot up the road a […]
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