Thursday night saw me get very little in the way of sleep and as the clock struck midnight I became another year older, Happy Birthday to me. It didn’t get off to a great start, 04:30 and I was in a lot of pain so I rung for some Oramorph (thankfully they had switched the […]
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A big update
July 24, 2013 
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Wow, has it really been that long since I last did a blog post? Either I’m slacking, there has been nothing much happen or I’ve been busy. I think it’s a bit of everything really, let me do a bit of catching up and tell you what’s been happening. The Job Centre are helping me […]
Continue reading Not a great day
March 20, 2013 0 Comments
Monday 18th March Since the appointment at Addenbrooke’s I had a couple of days in bed with cold like symptoms but it wasn’t a cold. All I know is it wiped me out yet again, which if have to say I wasn’t very impress with. The rest of the time was same old, same old, […]
Continue reading Medication still knocking me out
March 19, 2013 2 Comments
Friday 8th Oh God it happened again! The second night alarm didn’t go off so when Mum came in at 08:00 I was in loads of bloody pain again, you would think by now it should be getting a bit easier. So had my pills but was totally knackered still so stayed in bed, they […]
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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 Time to try the stump sock
March 17, 2013 0 Comments
Sunday 3rd March After an exceptionally disappointing day rest wise yesterday, it didn’t get any better over night. I only managed to get about 3hrs sleep during the night so was still totally knackered. I’d been able to lay on my left side for some time now with no major problems. In order to lie […]
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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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January 11, 2013 2 Comments
As you all know I write this blog with the hope that readers may be able to take something from reading it. Knowledge, help, a laugh, reassurance, whatever it is, as long as it helps it makes it worth writing. I consider myself very lucky to have many readers from different parts of the world, […]
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