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#214 The power of positivity

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 09/11/202109/11/2021
  • amputation

I am often asked how I stay so focused and positive. I will prepare a full comprehensive answer of this in a future post, but today I illustrate just what this has done (and is […]

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#206 Winter duathlon 4/4 – testing the actual race bike

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 26/09/202126/09/2021
  • amputation
  • Video

It’s coming up to a year since I elected to have my leg amputated. So my achievements this week are made all the more poignant. The main one being.. racing the actual racing bike – […]

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#203 How to learn to ride a bike again as an amputee

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 04/09/202104/09/2021
  • amputation
  • Video

I had so many comments and questions about how I actually went about teaching myself how to ride again that I thought I would explain my process – step by step. (Maybe it will save […]

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#202 Don’t outwardly judge disability

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 03/09/202104/09/2021
  • amputation
  • Video

There are a lot of ways people can be classified as disabled. Did you know that there is a category in the Paralympics for intellectual disability – which includes autism? My disability might be physical […]

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#201 Lock down vascular lab: my amputee problems aren’t over yet

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 27/08/202127/08/2021
  • amputation
  • Video

Life throws us curve balls all the time. It’s all about how you deal with them. I didn’t want to be right about this one.. but it could change everything for me and how I […]

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