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#133 I shocked myself with what I could do today!

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 22/02/2021
  • amputation

I think I really need to go through all the exercises I am likely to use with PT clients and test myself out, because I am surprising myself each time I say ‘I can’t show […]

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BKA day 5: starting physio?

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 13/10/202013/10/2020
  • amputation

Today was the day that they unwrapped the bandage, took a look at the wound and made a decision whether I am allowed to start transferring to a wheelchair and doing some physio.

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All is not well in the land of the left leg

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 05/09/202005/09/2020
  • vascular surgery

I started having trouble again around 2 weeks ago. First it started with occasional foot pain, then I started to notice other things. I immediately knew something was wrong.

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I have a plan – at last!

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 19/08/2020
  • vascular surgery

I am someone who likes to work from targets and action plans. That said, I have found the last 4 weeks post surgery really tough, because everyone told me to take it easy and that […]

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Scan update: the magic of collaterals?

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 11/08/202012/08/2020
  • vascular surgery

This whole vascular surgery journey has taught me a heck of a lot about the vascular system that I simply didn’t know before. Having all my previous surgical experience firmly planted in orthopaedics, this has […]

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