Three lots of good news in three days, outstanding! It all started on Thursday morning when the postman came and there was a brown envelope addressed to me. I knew straight away that it was from the DWP (Department of Work and Pensions) as it is very distinctive. I guessed that it would be the […]
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Socket update
March 31, 2012 
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On Wednesday I was with Lynne (my prosthetist) and at the end of the session I managed to get my stump in the socket with the new air release hole she had made in it. Why is it then that when I’m at home I can’t get fully into it? May be I get more […]
Continue reading No car for a year!
March 19, 2012 4 Comments
Today I was on a high, we were off looking at a new car and my driving license turned up in the post, what timing. I wanted to get a Peugeot 3008 Crossover so armed with the wheelchair, dog cage and crutches we went over to check it all fitted in and I could get […]
Continue reading DVLA Decision
March 17, 2012 0 Comments
This morning the Postman delivered a letter that had DVLA on the front of it. I thought at first it was my license back so was immediately excited. That excitement was short lived as feeling the envelope there was no card inside and it felt very thin. I thought maybe it was just confirmation that […]
Continue reading A new socket!
March 16, 2012 0 Comments
Today I was at Addenbrooke’s Hospital to see Lynne and have the new socket fitted on my prosthetic leg. In some ways I was dreading the long morning but also a bit excited at the thought of the new socket, which I hope will be a lot better than the old one. The different shape […]
Continue reading The worst month so far
March 13, 2012 0 Comments
Two days over 4 months since becoming an amputee and this has been the worst month so far. It hasn’t been because of pain or anything like that but pure bloody frustration. I had been doing so well, recovering so fast and things were progressing quickly, now it’s like I’ve hit a sodding great big […]
Continue reading Where is the logic?
February 23, 2012 0 Comments
Some of you may remember that 14 weeks ago I mentioned I had sent off the application form for Disability Living Allowance. Not able to just tell them what care needs had increased I had to completely reapply. They say it can take up to 11 weeks to get a decision, that’s from the time […]
Continue reading Need sleep!
January 2, 2012 0 Comments
So knowing that my parents wanted to go on Holiday (they usually go to Thailand for three weeks) and I wanted to get back driving I felt a bit under pressure to come off the Morphine, so I did. I had been off it for two nights and last night was my third. This is […]
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