Yesterday afternoon I was off down the Surgery to see the practice nurse. We’d had no snow all day until 15 minutes before I set wheels outside the house, it was coming down really heavy. Dad came with me, which I have to say I was pleased about, as the potential to closely inspect the […]
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Third time lucky
January 7, 2013 
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Yesterday was a long, long day with as much crossed as possible that I managed to make it to Theatre. The Consultant came round early to see me and although he had previously told me he would try and get me in in the morning, you could tell that may be unrealistic. I told him […]
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January 4, 2013 0 Comments
Yesterday morning I was totally hanging after a horrendous night with two of the ladies in the bay feeding off of one another. I know we all have different levels of pain tolerance, I appreciate how confused and scared people with dementia can be and they sleep most of the day so awake at night […]
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January 1, 2013 2 Comments
Because phoning the Doctors is notoriously difficult, because they don’t answer it, me and Dad went down the surgery as soon as they opened yesterday morning at 08:30. We came away with an appointment to go back at 10:45 and see a new Doctor I had not seen before. She was running about 15-20mins late […]
Continue reading An unexpected emergency
December 29, 2012 0 Comments
On Thursday morning while I was lying in bed I heard a commotion with Mum and Nan, then with Dad as well. The next thing I get a knock on the door and Dad asked if I knew the number for the NHS Helpline. I asked what was wrong and he told me Nan Couldn’t […]
Continue reading It’s like Russian Roulette
December 5, 2012 0 Comments
I seemed to have been waiting for yesterday to arrive for ages, in the morning I was off to see the Plastic Surgeon for the first time. 45 minutes late the registrar eventually came in to see me, he was a really nice guy so all is forgiven. It started off same old, same old, […]
Continue reading Amputee Space Dust
December 2, 2012 0 Comments
In my last post I mentioned there was a connection between a chocolate orange, I was given as a gift, and a thought I’d had a couple of days before, in this post I am going to explain the connection. Apart from the pain in the stump from the bone issue I think I have […]
Continue reading Feeling under the weather
September 15, 2012 0 Comments
Thursday and Friday was the latest installment of the Practical Skills For Business Course. It was great to see Andrew and the Group again but I really didn’t feel with it at all. We covered Business Management and Operations on the Thursday and Costing & Pricing on the Friday, I managed to get through both […]
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