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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Miserable Monday
January 1, 2013 
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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 Positive formality
December 15, 2012 0 Comments
I have been feeling really unwell for the past week. In bed nearly all day Sunday and most of Monday, felt a bit better Tuesday only to be struck down again on Wednesday. Had an upset stomach and been feeling sick, don’t know why but I have just increased two lots of pills to maximum […]
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 Shocking treatment by the DWP
November 28, 2012 2 Comments
As regular readers will know I have had an exceptionally worrying time over the complete cluster by the DWP (Department of Work and Pensions). I have not been paid anything since I came off JSA (Job Seekers Allowance) in July, even though I applied for ESA (Employment and Support Allowance) and sent in a doctors […]
Continue reading ‘The Amputee’ a year on
November 10, 2012 0 Comments
Today is my 1st Ampuversary, I’m sure there’s no official word for this so I decided to make my own. Wow, can you believe, it a year ago today I had my left leg removed above the knee, became an amputee and my life changed forever. What a roller coaster year it’s been, plenty of […]
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