#144 I lost my leg due to a medical error: what really happened?

This is a question I have been asked a lot since my post yesterday. I have been unable to talk about it in any detail because an investigation was ongoing. Now that has concluded, I can tell you the story.

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A different approach to physio and prosthetics

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 that the limb centre have created on me. But, todays approach was quite quite different to in previous visits.

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#117 Te Anau -2nd event as a para (PLUS BONUS CONTENT)

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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#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.

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