The more events I do, the less I’ll be nervous, right? I was never nervous of swim events when I had two feet! This is a wee local one, and I also had another go at getting a campsite with disabled access, after a giant fail on my last booking attempt.
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#116 Back at physio – stepping up the game
I completely underestimated how hard the re-conditioning would be, and I knew it would be hard! So my physio has re-started and he is setting about the task of whipping me into shape!
Continue reading “#116 Back at physio – stepping up the game”#115 legs at the pool and legs on the walking tracks
After a morning of getting frustrated with the crap that is always having to walk with your leg in an ever moving never quite comfortable socket, I took my sorry ass to the pool, to a bike, and to a walking track.
Continue reading “#115 legs at the pool and legs on the walking tracks”#114 Limb centre roller coaster: today’s leg day ups and downs
Navigating the health care system as someone who’s now going to need it for ever is very very frustrating to say the least. Anyone who thinks ‘free is best’ – think again.
Continue reading “#114 Limb centre roller coaster: today’s leg day ups and downs”#113 How to make a false leg work like the real one
I was trying to explain this to someone the other day… the leg doesn’t feel like mine.. it never will… but my body is getting a wee bit more used to it every day, from a ‘how it needs to move differently’ point of view. Here’s what I mean.
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