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Month: February 2021

#138 How to prepare for limb loss – how I tackled it

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 28/02/202128/02/2021
  • amputation

This is something that comes up so frequently that I thought it was worth a mention. How exactly do you tackle major life changing surgical news? There most definitely is not a right and wrong […]

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#137 24 Hours of firsts: rugby, walking and scooters

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 27/02/202127/02/2021
  • amputation

It’s been a big few days busting lots of firsts that I didn’t think possible so soon. So it’s no wonder that by Saturday morning, I just didn’t want to use my legs any more!

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#136 Solving the prosthetic cycling problem

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 25/02/202127/02/2021
  • amputation

Yep.. I’m on a mission to find an answer. I said from the get go that I wanted to get back to swimming and cycling. I feel like the only thing stopping me cycling is […]

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A different approach to physio and prosthetics

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 24/02/202125/02/2021
  • amputation

Today I met Liam, who is another of the physiotherapists at the Limb Centre in Dunedin. He doesn’t know me, has never met me before and is only basing his information on the medical records […]

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#135 Leg day- leg number 3!

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 24/02/2021
  • amputation

Today I was more excited than I have been the other two times.. I have high hopes for this next leg! Here’s how it went!

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