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Life with 1.5 legs: the return of LIVE rugby!

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 21/06/202021/06/2020
  • Dunedin

We were so excited when New Zealand went 24 days absolutely Covid – free… then there’s the drama of the last few days with 5 new active cases – all from people entering New Zealand […]

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Emergency surgery – facing another hospital stay

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 18/06/202018/06/2020
  • My news

I feel like it has been one calamity after another lately. It’s as I was getting over the knee replacement, I began to have problems with my left (non TKR) leg. An 18 month fight […]

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The struggle is real

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 17/05/202017/05/2020
  • Opinion

The pool opened again this week, after more than 2 months of being shut. So guess where I went?! Yep… I was on the doorstep the moment the opened for the first time on Thursday!

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Nerve damaged foot update

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 04/03/202005/03/2020
  • My news

Today we drove to Dunedin for the long awaited specialist appointment to try and figure out what’s going on with this pesky foot.

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