The Amputee

X-ray and Aspiration

March 10, 2014 by theamputee 0 Comments

After what felt like an eternity of talking to what seemed like a brick wall, I suddenly made a breakthrough. I’d been telling both the Orthopaedic and Infection Teams that I was in a lot of pain, I’d had some puss discharge from the original abscess hole, been going backwards with how much I could […]

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A lot and nothing

August 21, 2013 by theamputee 0 Comments

I was going to write a post a bit sooner than this but I’ve had a computer issue the last two days, which I’ve now rectified to my relief. Lets bring you up to speed on where I am at the moment. Last Wednesday I saw my 2nd choice GP hoping above all else that […]

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Operation Number 19

July 26, 2013 by theamputee 0 Comments

On Wednesday evening I was admitted to Juniper Ward, my bed space was next to the nice big bay window, with a stunning view of a building wall and some windows. I unpacked, made my bed (which I always like to do myself) and settled down to do yesterday’s blog post. The evening went reasonably […]

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