Living in New Zealand

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Application timescale
  • Top reads
  • Useful links
  • Contact us

#103 They are trying to drown me in a sea of form filling!

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 22/01/2021
  • amputation

Just when I thought the stupid damn battles I’m having to get my life back to some type of normal can’t get any worse, someone mails me half a tree in forms and tells me […]

Read More

#102 How to fit a prosthetic leg and how to walk without a limp

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 21/01/2021
  • amputation

This was day 2 of the trial socket fitting. Plus, we started work on trying to fix the wee bad habits and straighten out my walk/ limp. Here’s how I went. When will I will […]

Read More

#101 Leg day mark 2: trial socket testing

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 20/01/2021
  • amputation

After almost a month of having to go back to a wheelchair due to Christmas shut down at the limb centre, I have been waiting for this day with great impatience! Here’s how leg #2 […]

Read More

‘Melanie Ryding – one inspirational lady’ (Challenge Wanaka 2021 Mailshot 20/1/21)

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 20/01/202121/01/2021
  • Local events

Thank you Challenge Wanaka and TriNZ for your support going into my first race as a para-athlete, just over 3 months after losing my left leg below the knee. Here is the Challenge Wanaka mail […]

Read More

#100 Melt down day: the tough parts about being an amputee

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 19/01/2021
  • amputation

Some of today video will be hard to watch, but it has to be seen. Being an amputee is not easy. Being permanently disabled through no fault of your own is not easy. Please watch […]

Read More

Posts navigation

Older posts
Follow Living in New Zealand on WordPress.com

Youtube

Top Posts

  • You could have lost your leg.
    You could have lost your leg.
  • #103 They are trying to drown me in a sea of form filling!
    #103 They are trying to drown me in a sea of form filling!
  • 'Melanie Ryding - one inspirational lady' (Challenge Wanaka 2021 Mailshot 20/1/21)
    'Melanie Ryding - one inspirational lady' (Challenge Wanaka 2021 Mailshot 20/1/21)
  • #102 How to fit a prosthetic leg and how to walk without a limp
    #102 How to fit a prosthetic leg and how to walk without a limp
  • Contact us
    Contact us

Categories

Tags

amputation amputee below knee amputation Cycling disability Dunedin Invercargill knee replacement New Zealand personal trainer prosthetic leg Queens Park RIP Mum Riverton Riverton rocks rtjr RTKA rtkr surgery swimming tramping vascular vascular surgery Vlog winter
January 2021
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Dec    

Archives

Blogroll

  • Knee replacemement resource site
  • Ryding2Health

Other Blogs

  • Ryding2Health Blog
Blog at WordPress.com.
Cancel