Big thanks to St Thomas's and Bowley Close Rehabilitation centre for inviting me alone yesterday! Bowley Close is the centre where I go for sockets, prosthetics and anything related. I got to meet all the staff at the centre yesterday that I wouldn't neccesarily see when being treated and everyone was so welcoming!
I got to talk to the workshop staff who make my sockets and who take real pride in their work and find this makes me even more motivated to achieve my goals:) Also talked to the head of the technology department about the possiblility of getting involved in trilling new cycle legs and running blades. It's all very exciting, at the end of the day I know I am lucky enough to have the genetics to excel in triathlon, I work relentlessly which is another important part of the puzzle but every bit of the puzzle has to be there and technology is one of them.
I meet a very inspiring young girl who at age of 20 had to have multiple amputations after ilness and is walking and back driving already! She was there to press the button to start the Paralympic light show on the Houses of Parliament. I think I have seen her at Bowley before but didn't notice that she was an amputee, I think over the years of treatment I don't take as much notice of physical differences between people.
Very inspiring for me to meet someone with such strength of character!!!
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