Early last week I was contacted by gentleman called Rodney, through ‘The Amputee’ email, stating that he liked my posts and wondered if I would be willing to discuss NHS prostheses with him. I replied that I would be happy to talk about my personal experience but obviously not all amputees are the same. It […]
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Archive | November, 2012
Shocking treatment by the DWP
November 28, 2012 
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As regular readers will know I have had an exceptionally worrying time over the complete cluster by the DWP (Department of Work and Pensions). I have not been paid anything since I came off JSA (Job Seekers Allowance) in July, even though I applied for ESA (Employment and Support Allowance) and sent in a doctors […]
Continue reading The first fall in ages
November 27, 2012 0 Comments
Only the other day I was thinking to myself how well I had done in not having a fall for ages now. Patting myself on the back thinking I hadn’t done anything stupid and been balancing a tads better. It now appears that was probably the worst thought I could have had, talk about jinx […]
Continue reading The Wet Room is finished!
November 26, 2012 2 Comments
Last Monday, a year a nine days after my amputation, they finally started work on the Wet Room. With a total of 6 people (doing various different bits for different lengths of time) and a few delays on parts they got it completed on Friday. We did have to call them out late Friday afternoon […]
Continue reading The good news outweighs the bad
November 22, 2012 0 Comments
There has been a lot going on recently, some good but one really bad experience. Lets start with the bad news and get it over and done with:- Bad News Way back in July (23rd to be exact) I came off of JSA (Job Seekers Allowance) and applied for ESA (Employment and Support Allowance) as […]
Continue reading Fantastic news!
November 16, 2012 0 Comments
On the 26th of October I received a letter from the building company to say they accepted the tender for the wet room conversion. It went quiet for a while and then low and behold I received a phone call from them yesterday, asking if they could start it on Monday. I was exceptionally surprised, […]
Continue reading ‘The Amputee’ a year on
November 10, 2012 0 Comments
Today is my 1st Ampuversary, I’m sure there’s no official word for this so I decided to make my own. Wow, can you believe, it a year ago today I had my left leg removed above the knee, became an amputee and my life changed forever. What a roller coaster year it’s been, plenty of […]
Continue reading Some positive news
November 8, 2012 0 Comments
Yesterday I was back at the Doctors to see where we are with the knee infection. From the picture some people may think it looks worse but to me it is much better. The redness is subsiding and it isn’t getting as hot for as long as it has before. I knew the skin would […]
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