Today I had an appointment to see my Plastic Consultant at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. The 11:35 appointment meant no rush hour traffic, no stupidly early morning and a fighting chance of getting a car parking space. Dad drove me there and we headed straight for our usual car park but unfortunately there were no spaces. We […]
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I felt like a child
March 29, 2013 
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My Dad originally comes from Somerset and nearly all of his side of the Family still live there. None of them had seen me since my amputation until this time last week when my Aunt and Uncle (Dads Brother) came to stay for a couple of days, with their little Cocker Spaniel, Misty. Even though […]
Continue reading A trip too far
March 27, 2013 2 Comments
On Monday I was at the Doctors, as I needed to sort out my prescription quantities for some of the medication I was prescribed from the Hospital. I didn’t see my usual Dr, but the one who sent me to Hospital with the knee abscess New Year who is also very good. She increased the […]
Continue reading Rehab Consultant and goodie box
March 20, 2013 0 Comments
Monday 11th March My alarm went off for my 08:00 drug fix and I had to get up as I had an appointment with my Rehab Consultant, at Addenbrooke’s Hospital at 10:30. I thought I was getting a cold yesterday and this morning I felt bunged up with a bit of a sore throat too, […]
Continue reading Much needed sleep
March 19, 2013 0 Comments
Wednesday 6th I had set my timer, which was due to go of at 01:30 in the morning for my breakthrough Medication, at 05:30 I woke up in loads of pain. I checked my timer and realised I had forgotten to press the start button, hence the timer did not sound and I didn’t get […]
Continue reading Drugs!
March 19, 2013 0 Comments
I thought I would do a post on drugs, or should I say medication, which I thought some people may find interesting and give others a greater understanding of what I’ve been taking and the effects. What I say here is only personal to me and other people may have, or have had different experiences […]
Continue reading Free at last
March 18, 2013 2 Comments
Monday 4th March The lady from the plastic team came round quite early and said the drain could come out, from their point of view they were happy for me to go home. Before the drain and catheter came out I asked if it was possible to experiment the process of going to the toilet. […]
Continue reading Mission Accomplished
January 24, 2013 6 Comments
This is a short and sweet post today but a very important one for me. Last week a lady got in touch with me through the blog. She has a long-term condition and is faced with the very real possibility of a below knee amputation. She had looked on the Internet for stories and information, […]
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