Tag Archives: pain

What an eventful day!

Wow today has been busy. The first eventful thing happened just before lunch when I saw the physio (different one from yesterday). She came in and said about me sitting out in the chair for lunch which of course I had to give it a go. Although I was off the PCA and just starting […]

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The first of the physio

as you can imagine one of the first events of the day, after the all important breakfast and pills, is the wash but unlike yesterday (when I had a Sister and Healthcare assistant to help me wash) I was given a bowl of water, my wash bag, towel, flannel, cup of water and sick bowl […]

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A wash had never felt so good

Friday – As you can imagine Friday didn’t involve a great deal, in fact it just consisted of pain relief and sleep! I have never had any side effects from anaesthetic or Morphine before but god did I feel bad. I was actually physically sick numerous times and it took 3 lots of anti-sickness to […]

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Let’s play catchup!

So here we are, the first proper entry. On Thursday the 10th November after a restless night I came into Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon for a left above knee amputation. I had only spoken to a couple of people about it, one being an amputee himself. There was a couple of reasons for not tell anyone […]

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