Monday 18th March Since the appointment at Addenbrooke’s I had a couple of days in bed with cold like symptoms but it wasn’t a cold. All I know is it wiped me out yet again, which if have to say I wasn’t very impress with. The rest of the time was same old, same old, […]
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Rehab Consultant and goodie box
March 20, 2013 
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Monday 11th March My alarm went off for my 08:00 drug fix and I had to get up as I had an appointment with my Rehab Consultant, at Addenbrooke’s Hospital at 10:30. I thought I was getting a cold yesterday and this morning I felt bunged up with a bit of a sore throat too, […]
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March 19, 2013 0 Comments
Sunday 10th March Bloody hell done it again and missed the last liquid meds, had the mass intake at 08:00 then rolled over and slept again. With only light breaks in the sleep I stayed there till someone phoned and woke me up not long before lunch. I did have time to squeeze in a […]
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March 19, 2013 0 Comments
Saturday 9th March All the alarms went of and all medication taken and my stump felt much better for it. Mum came in to wake me for my 08:00 medication binge but was a bit late as it was actually 08:20 tut tut, note to self set yet another alarm for the morning medication. I […]
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March 19, 2013 0 Comments
Wednesday 6th I had set my timer, which was due to go of at 01:30 in the morning for my breakthrough Medication, at 05:30 I woke up in loads of pain. I checked my timer and realised I had forgotten to press the start button, hence the timer did not sound and I didn’t get […]
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March 19, 2013 0 Comments
Tuesday 5th I spent most of the day in bed sleeping as much as I could, setting a timer for each dose of breakthrough medication I was due. Mum did check that I’d taken my pills at the right times just in case I slept through and missed them. Although I was sleeping really well […]
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March 18, 2013 2 Comments
Monday 4th March The lady from the plastic team came round quite early and said the drain could come out, from their point of view they were happy for me to go home. Before the drain and catheter came out I asked if it was possible to experiment the process of going to the toilet. […]
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March 17, 2013 0 Comments
Sunday 3rd March After an exceptionally disappointing day rest wise yesterday, it didn’t get any better over night. I only managed to get about 3hrs sleep during the night so was still totally knackered. I’d been able to lay on my left side for some time now with no major problems. In order to lie […]
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