The 10th February was not only my Nan’s Birthday but also marked my 3rd month as an amputee. The last couple of months I have done a reflection/summary of what I have been up to and I don’t see that this month should be any different, especially as not much happened today. So what has […]
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You don’t walk on the stump!
February 12, 2012 
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We were up at a sparrows fart (05:45) this morning as we were off down to Wickford, Essex to visit my Nan. It was her Birthday yesterday and she was 95 years young. Mum and Dad clean the bungalow for her, this gives me time to talk to Nan which is nice as I don’t […]
Continue reading A bit too long
February 9, 2012 0 Comments
The one thing I didn’t mention in yesterday’s blog was that there is still one little problem with the prosthesis. When my leg was first set up it was deliberately shorter than my real leg because I kept scuffing the toe of the shoe on the floor. When I stood on the leg I didn’t […]
Continue reading We were put through our paces
February 8, 2012 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 […]
Continue reading The phantom rises
February 2, 2012 0 Comments
Last night was unpleasant to say the least. I noticed when I was reading in bed last night that the phantom sensations were incredibly high and worse than it had been for ages. Now I could be wrong but I am guessing that it had something to do with the trauma it was subjected to […]
Continue reading Operation ‘Salad Bar’
January 27, 2012 0 Comments
Today was the second day (every Thursday for 6 weeks) of the Community Grant Programme at OWR (Operation Warriors Return). I felt a little stiff after yesterday’s physio session but not half as bad as I thought I was going too, I did however, feel really tired when it was time to haul myself out […]
Continue reading I fall for Kinect Sports: Season 2
January 24, 2012 0 Comments
Now with the word fall in the title you would probably jump to the conclusion that I fell over, well, you would be right, I did. Today was the first day I wore my prosthetic leg since Friday and I hoped the stump wouldn’t still be swollen. Alas it was still swollen and again I […]
Continue reading Muscles I forgot I had
January 20, 2012 0 Comments
Today I was at OWR (Operation Warriors Return) for the second week of the six week programme. Today the ex Royal Marine turned fitness instructor did an assessment on us (only 4 people this week) so he can work out a programme based on the Diet Diary and from the data collected today. First we […]
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