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Amputee Para regains Independence
A paratrooper who learnt to walk again after losing three limbs in a bomb has spoken of his joy at regaining his independence by moving into a new home.
(Please click on the link to see the video clip)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8115626.stm
Lance Corporal Tom Neathway, 25, of Crowle, Worcestershire, was injured by a booby trap bomb in Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in July 2007.
He woke up three days later in Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham.
L/Cpl Neathway has learnt to walk using prosthetic limbs and has gone skiing since his injury.
He was filmed by the BBC using a sitski – a wheelchair without the wheels – in the Bavarian Alps.
Hospital environment
The member of 2 Para was able to stand to receive his campaign medal from Prince Charles and walk to his chair in December.
He said he saw the challenges facing him as another of “life’s tests”.
After living with his parents since being released from hospital he has now moved into a bungalow.
He said: “Having to move back to my parents house was great when I first was injured and getting away from that hospital environment.
“But now to be in my own place again it’s great to be just able to do what I want.”
(Thanks to Steve McNeice for sending this link)
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hello I am trying to find how i could possibly write to soldiers who have suffered limb loss. I have had my leg amputated below the knee obviously not the same as the army boys but i have lived with this since jan just think it might help someone my e-mail address is above if anyone is interedted I am 37yrs old and single and getting on with life….. thans lesley advies
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