The last few days I have been thinking hard about my future, I am not sure if the New Year has also played its part. An amputation is obviously a life changing experience but for me it has not been all bad and there have been lots of positives. Now the fact that I am […]
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The people you least expect surprise you the most
December 30, 2011 
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I worked for the prison service for a couple of years as an OSG (Operational Support Grade). As an OSG you get to now everyone who works at the prison but you work closest with other OSG’s. If someone asked me who I would have thought would visit me from the prison after I’d had […]
Continue reading Xbox 360 Kinect, you are the controller, unless your an amputee!
December 27, 2011 8 Comments
The first computer I owned was a BBC Micro, cutting edge in the 80’s and one of the first home PC’s. The games were amazing at the time even if all it had was a line either side of the screen you could move up and down and you bounced a dot between the two. […]
Continue reading Merry Christmas but no miracle
December 25, 2011 0 Comments
So there was no miracle of Christmas, I didn’t wake up to find this year has been just been a bad dream and I still only have one leg. The amputation to be fair was actually almost like an early Christmas present and I am really pleased now it was done. None of us really […]
Continue reading A great day with mixed emotions
December 23, 2011 0 Comments
Today has been really good in most ways but a bit weird in others. My parents picked my Nan (94) up this morning as she is staying with us over the Holiday period. I was a bit apprehensive as it is the first time she has seen me as an amputee. It felt a bit […]
Continue reading One tough physio session
December 19, 2011 4 Comments
Last night was a nightmare, it was the first time since the surgery where I could have actually screamed. It wasn’t that it was more painful than it has ever been, because it wasn’t, it was what it was doing that drove me mad. Pins and needles or a tingling sensation is nothing new, I […]
Continue reading A mixed bag
December 18, 2011 0 Comments
Today has been a bit of a mixed bag really. I had a real pants night, get up a bit late, got a phone call from a friend to say I have inspired them, had a visitor and knackered myself having a hose down. I have been having a few problems with the stump the […]
Continue reading You just don’t realise
December 15, 2011 0 Comments
If anyone is a regular reader and read the ‘Medication Mayhem’ post I mentioned about not being able to get into a well know chemist in our Hight Street. Today a friend of mine posted a link on Facebook to sign a petition entitled ‘Ban booking assistance on trains’. I started to read the post […]
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