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Today was a great day, went for my first drive behind the wheel using my left leg/foot in a dual control car, I had no problems at all with using my left leg/foot, in fact did it with ease, smooth control for the hour lesson, because I am a amputee it's one of the things I have to go through to prove I can do it, the CPT insurer is paying for it all and the insurer OT person was with us, I had to do a few test before the lesson and road rule test but past with flying colours.
The road test did everything perfect even the emergency brake test, it seemed so natural for me driving with the left leg/foot, the driving instructor was pretty happy with the lesson but the OT person still insistent that more lessons were needed, think its more about money than my driving she asked the instructor how many more drives I need she said 3 but the OT person said 4, I have to do this for the insurer to pay for the dual foot control to be installed on our new car as they are paying for it, just got to play by their rules, also have to get a medical certificate from my doctor, so much B S and hoops to jump through and I have to do the same for my bike riding.
But it felt good driving again, I got to take my leg off when driving so it don't get in the way, having the dual control accelerator pedal when I am not driving it will fold up out of the way when Debra drives, got to go through all this B S just for insurance wise to cover me if ever I have an accident, the next driving lessons be a few weeks as it's all got to be approve by the CTP insurer who paying all the bills from our accident but there be no problems there, it just takes time.
I was driving very well today and can't workout why I need more lessons but I am being controlled by others who make the rules up as they go and they got to make sure/prove I can do it for their sake.
Ashley
The road test did everything perfect even the emergency brake test, it seemed so natural for me driving with the left leg/foot, the driving instructor was pretty happy with the lesson but the OT person still insistent that more lessons were needed, think its more about money than my driving she asked the instructor how many more drives I need she said 3 but the OT person said 4, I have to do this for the insurer to pay for the dual foot control to be installed on our new car as they are paying for it, just got to play by their rules, also have to get a medical certificate from my doctor, so much B S and hoops to jump through and I have to do the same for my bike riding.
But it felt good driving again, I got to take my leg off when driving so it don't get in the way, having the dual control accelerator pedal when I am not driving it will fold up out of the way when Debra drives, got to go through all this B S just for insurance wise to cover me if ever I have an accident, the next driving lessons be a few weeks as it's all got to be approve by the CTP insurer who paying all the bills from our accident but there be no problems there, it just takes time.
I was driving very well today and can't workout why I need more lessons but I am being controlled by others who make the rules up as they go and they got to make sure/prove I can do it for their sake.
Ashley
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Go with the flow mate.
Imagine the shit storm if someone crashed, blamed it on their missing leg, and it came to light that they’d cut their lessons ‘short’.
They’ve gotta be on the cautious side.
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I am in no hurries to get in full swing of things and driving again is part of recovery for this year and we both start fresh next year, but once the driving has been approved which it will it won't take long to do the 4 lessons and have the restriction put on my license, I no longer driving trucks so they can have my truck license as I am now retired, and once I put the ES kit on the Norton and I be riding again and go through the test everything will be done the right way by law and insurance wise, my days of being a bad boy doing things I am not suppose to do are long gone, well what they don't know won't hurt them.
Since my accident I have adapted to everything I do with a missing leg, driving and riding again will be the same as before the accident, just I remove my leg when driving a car, the bike I have 2 legs and no one will know when in my bike jeans and leather jacket riding gear except one lower leg be skinnier lol.
We have very good CTP insurance cover that is compulsory with registration to cover accident like what both Debra and myself have gone through, and everyone has to abide by the rules to be covered which I will do completely, it's the way it is, I do know some who haven't followed the rules and if anything happens they won't be covered and the cost to them could be out of their own pocket for damages to others and we all know insurance companies will do anything by law to get out of paying out money that will cost them.
Ashley
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Well not much been happening with me rehab last Wednesday, my backyard jungle finally got mowed Thursday, yard looking good now, been wearing the new leg a lot and so far no problems with rubbing or wear on the stump skin, been out a few times even some shopping, yesterday I dug up one of my garden beds the mower men didn't do, I just sat on my round stool with casters and used a few garden tools, have another garden bed to do but today I think I take it easy and muck around up in the shed with the trains, got a few new coaches the other day for the layout and more track to install.
Slowly getting back to a near normal life again, a few more weeks of rehab and should be done with them, things are coming along quite well at the moment, some more driving lessons before they do the mods to our car, but I will have a few restrictions put on my license when done, they take my truck licence off me but that's OK as I am now retired.
The leg makers no need to see me again till September for a check up on the fitting and tune up lol, I am getting a bit annoyed with the OT person who works for the CTP insurance company, with the things I need to do before they do the mods on our car, I'm having to jump through hoops to get things done, it's taken so far 8 weeks since my new wheelchair has been ordered and be August before I get it, how long to make a fu cking wheelchair, the hire one I am using is in such a bad state and that was before I got it.
Debra has a few visits back up to the hospital she wants me to go with her, pity I can't work her appointments with my rehab times as we both get up there in the free taxi so will have to go up on the bus, our local bus stop is just around the corner and up a bit from us and it goes right to the hospital bus station, at lease I be walking this time and not in the wheelchair, Debra is having a bit of pain in her right knee, mostly at night, been over 6 months now and she still has problems with her right leg, its healed up good but still pain in her knee.
The OT person has arranged for her to see a private specialist, but the cost to see him that we have to pay up front then wait for the insurance company to reimburse us, I told her to keep going up to the hospital as they have all her records from the accident/injuries and the doctors who did the repairs work, she gets a bit frustrated as every time she goes up for a follow up she has a different doctor, but they have all the reports/records there, I keep telling her she is not going up there 2/3 times a week like I am and sometimes more when I have follow up appointments, the good thing our public hospitals are free, the injuries she has suffered from the accident all takes time to heal and her right leg will never be the same, and now her old injuries from when she was young are starting to catch up with her as she gets older.
I got rid of my pain from the big chop and a few weeks healing from it, instead of years of skin and muscle grafts and many surgeries to save my right foot that might not save it in the long run, I think I made the right choice the way I went, I adapted pretty good and my mates can't believe how I am cooping from it, but it's been hard and having a few bad days, a few falls and all, it's not easy being legless everyday and even more so when I have a few beers in me lol.
I just want to jump in the car and go and the same, throw a leg over the old Norton and go for a run up into the ranges, so frustrating for me to be unable to ride my bike for so long, it's the longest ever for me without riding, it's not the same just looking at the bike in the shed and the B S I have to go through to be able to drive and ride again from no fault of our own, one woman mistake has changed Debra and my life forever, that's the worst part of this and our long recovery and the woman who hit us goes on with life, accidents happen, we were just unlucky that day.
Sorry for the ramblings on, not so much for me but watching Debra suffering with her pain is hard for me as nothing I can do about it, I try to encourage her but it's hard for both of us but harder for Debra too accept what has happen to her as well as myself, but I accepted my injuries from day one which has helped me to recover better, but having good friends around us has helped and now things are starting to slowly get back to a near normal life again, slowly but steady we go.
Ashley
Slowly getting back to a near normal life again, a few more weeks of rehab and should be done with them, things are coming along quite well at the moment, some more driving lessons before they do the mods to our car, but I will have a few restrictions put on my license when done, they take my truck licence off me but that's OK as I am now retired.
The leg makers no need to see me again till September for a check up on the fitting and tune up lol, I am getting a bit annoyed with the OT person who works for the CTP insurance company, with the things I need to do before they do the mods on our car, I'm having to jump through hoops to get things done, it's taken so far 8 weeks since my new wheelchair has been ordered and be August before I get it, how long to make a fu cking wheelchair, the hire one I am using is in such a bad state and that was before I got it.
Debra has a few visits back up to the hospital she wants me to go with her, pity I can't work her appointments with my rehab times as we both get up there in the free taxi so will have to go up on the bus, our local bus stop is just around the corner and up a bit from us and it goes right to the hospital bus station, at lease I be walking this time and not in the wheelchair, Debra is having a bit of pain in her right knee, mostly at night, been over 6 months now and she still has problems with her right leg, its healed up good but still pain in her knee.
The OT person has arranged for her to see a private specialist, but the cost to see him that we have to pay up front then wait for the insurance company to reimburse us, I told her to keep going up to the hospital as they have all her records from the accident/injuries and the doctors who did the repairs work, she gets a bit frustrated as every time she goes up for a follow up she has a different doctor, but they have all the reports/records there, I keep telling her she is not going up there 2/3 times a week like I am and sometimes more when I have follow up appointments, the good thing our public hospitals are free, the injuries she has suffered from the accident all takes time to heal and her right leg will never be the same, and now her old injuries from when she was young are starting to catch up with her as she gets older.
I got rid of my pain from the big chop and a few weeks healing from it, instead of years of skin and muscle grafts and many surgeries to save my right foot that might not save it in the long run, I think I made the right choice the way I went, I adapted pretty good and my mates can't believe how I am cooping from it, but it's been hard and having a few bad days, a few falls and all, it's not easy being legless everyday and even more so when I have a few beers in me lol.
I just want to jump in the car and go and the same, throw a leg over the old Norton and go for a run up into the ranges, so frustrating for me to be unable to ride my bike for so long, it's the longest ever for me without riding, it's not the same just looking at the bike in the shed and the B S I have to go through to be able to drive and ride again from no fault of our own, one woman mistake has changed Debra and my life forever, that's the worst part of this and our long recovery and the woman who hit us goes on with life, accidents happen, we were just unlucky that day.
Sorry for the ramblings on, not so much for me but watching Debra suffering with her pain is hard for me as nothing I can do about it, I try to encourage her but it's hard for both of us but harder for Debra too accept what has happen to her as well as myself, but I accepted my injuries from day one which has helped me to recover better, but having good friends around us has helped and now things are starting to slowly get back to a near normal life again, slowly but steady we go.
Ashley
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