In my last post I mentioned there was a connection between a chocolate orange, I was given as a gift, and a thought I’d had a couple of days before, in this post I am going to explain the connection. Apart from the pain in the stump from the bone issue I think I have […]
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The Amputee and the author
November 30, 2012 
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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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Shocking treatment by the DWP
November 28, 2012 2 Comments
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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‘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 […]
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