Tag Archives: living

To drive or not to drive?

Today a school friend and supporter of this blog asked me a question on Facebook, when I was writing the reply I thought it would make a good topic for tonight’s blog, thank you Alison. She asked me how long they envisaged before I would be able enough to drive again. She also guessed that […]

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Reflection time again

Today is a day for reflection again, why, because it is two months to the day I had my surgery. To be honest it actually feels like I have been an amputee for longer than that but Christmas may have had something to do with it. I think I have come on in leaps and […]

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Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

Oh it had to come sooner or later and here it is, my first rant. DLA given to people who need day to day help. Broken down into two parts, a mobility component for getting around indoors and out and the care component for personal help in daily living. Without going into a lengthy story […]

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