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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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Practice, practice, practice

April 26, 2012 by theamputee 2 Comments

Yesterday was physio day and I was hoping for no pain and a good session. Before I tell you how the session went let me just elaborate a little on the conversation I had with Lynne (my prosthetist) the day before. She mentioned that I have a very prominent tendon in the groin, again just […]

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There could be some changes afoot

April 24, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

I have been a bit quiet and not written a post for a week, mainly because not much has happened but after getting my car last Tuesday nothing else was worth talking about. Tuesday of this week and it was back to see Lynne (my prosthetist) with my leg. Today she had the new prosthetist […]

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The good news!

April 11, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

After the good news about the car the other day I was waiting for some bad news or something to go wrong, as has been the recent trend. Surprisingly that has not been the case and as well as having a good day with the prosthetist yesterday I got two more bits of good news. […]

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Some progress!

March 30, 2012 by theamputee 0 Comments

Yesterday the OT (Occupational Therapist) came out again reference the Disability Facilities Grant. She had phoned me to say that she was coming to talk about the wet room and that she had secured an electronic bath chair to help in the meantime. I had asked about the Kitchen unit, she told me she […]

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