Monday 25th February Monday morning and normally you get everyone wanting a piece of you, especially your Consultant, but as he said on Saturday evening he would not be in today. Yet again I get a different person from the plastics team so even this wasn’t consistent. I had mentioned to the plastic person the […]
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A big decision to make
March 10, 2013 
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Sunday 24th February I forgot to mention in yesterdays post that while they were doing all the tests they also took another set of MRSA swabs for testing. I have also forgotten to mention that I went in on Tramadol, after the surgery they stopped the Tramadol and started me on Oxycontin with Oramorph for […]
Continue reading It all begins to go wrong
March 9, 2013 0 Comments
Saturday 23rd February 05:30 and this is where it all started to go wrong. I felt like I wanted to go to the toilet quite badly so I called for the nurse, the nurse who had helped me before was on a break so a HCA (Healthcare Assistant) and the Trainee Nurse came. I explained […]
Continue reading Surgery Day
March 8, 2013 0 Comments
I apologise for the lack of blog posts but since my surgery, on Friday 22nd February. I’m so far behind and so much has happened I could probably write a book on the past week alone. As things are starting to improve slowly I hope to be able to get a couple of posts done […]
Continue reading Surgery Eve
February 21, 2013 4 Comments
I’ve not done any blog posts for ages as I ‘ve mainly been at home doing bits and bobs, playing on the Xbox etc. trying to take my mind of things while in pain. The only trips out have been to cadets a couple of times and the Dr’s surgery for appointments. Today is the […]
Continue reading Pre Op Assessment
February 12, 2013 0 Comments
I have been across to Addenbrooke’s Hospital this afternoon for my Pre Op Assessment. The letter I received said that the Assessment could take up to 2hrs, which I thought was excessive, unless that included waiting room time where they were running late. Dad drove me over there as I’ve been having a lot of […]
Continue reading A Birthday visit
February 10, 2013 0 Comments
Yesterday was the first trip out again in ages, this time it was back down Essex to visit Nan. She has fallen a couple more times since being been back home, so she’s in a care home for the next 6 weeks. It is her 96th Birthday today so we took down her cards and […]
Continue reading A meeting with the Commandant
January 31, 2013 2 Comments
Monday evening I went across to our County HQ to talk to our CEO (Cadet Executive Officer) about the County PR (Public Relations). I think I should give you a little background information at this point. When I re-joined the Cadets in 2005 the PRO (Public Relations Officer) was excellent. His output was amazing and […]
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The Amputee 