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If you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here    The next few days had been a bit nondescript, well as much as they can be given the situation. I had a day on my own, and I needed to get over the whole Costa trip. So, it was time for a solo outing. I had heard rumours of a secret tropical garden, yes, you heard that right.   I got myself ready and wheeled my way to the ward’s reception desk to see if they would let me out unattended. They weren’t pleased with the idea but eventually let meRead More →

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If you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here    Having a wheelchair made a huge difference. Even for basic needs like needing the toilet, it meant I didn’t have to buzz a nurse to cart me to the toilet and then back again. In the middle of the night I could hop out of bed and silently wheel across the room like a physically challenged ninja. Now I had a small taste of freedom I wanted more. I wasn’t attached to any bags or tubes anymore, so I was good to go. I had some visitors so we were goingRead More →

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If you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here    Now my nerve block was out, and they were happy that everything had gone to plan, it was time for me to go back up to a normal ward. I had really got on with the people that were in my room in the major trauma unit and the nurses knew this. As I’d had a bit of a hard time coping with the amputation, I think the nurses took pity on me and kept my bed free for me so I could be in the same room. At the time,Read More →

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If you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here    I had finally got some sleep, eaten and had a brew in my new room. As I said I didn’t really know what was going on with my emotions, a mix between anaesthetic, lack of sleep and losing a leg I suppose. But I did feel more cheerful which is the main thing. Although sleep did seem to do one thing… As the first visitors showed themselves that morning, I started to feel a bit off; sweating, uncomfortable, dizzy. Then I realised – I hadn’t had a poop in likeRead More →

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If you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here    The high dependency unit was not a pleasant place to be. By the time I had got on the ward it was about 10:30 so all the lights were off as it was past our bedtime. The ward is stupidly hot, this is because muscle and skin grafts take and bind better over a certain temperature reducing the risk of infection. Pain in my leg wasn’t really an issue as you are given what’s called a nerve block; a small IV is put into your nerve right at the endRead More →

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If you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here    So, the decision was made.  The amputation was scheduled for first thing in the morning, and I was nil by mouth. Sleeping that night was obviously tricky. Even though I had asked lots of people a lot of different questions, I still had no idea what to expect. I didn’t really know the process of an amputation and what comes directly after; the surgeons and the nursing staff were telling me, but it just wasn’t sinking in. As morning came round, I was only able to suck water from aRead More →

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If you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here    So it has been quite a while since I have posted anything on the furthest point and it’s time for change. Since my last post I’ve had two more rounds of surgery on my leg, spent countless hours training to try and get myself in a good place physically and mentally and god knows how long dealing with prosthetics and legal appointments.  BUT… I’m here now and I have some big ideas on where I need to take the furthest point for myself and anyone who may be going throughRead More →

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If you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here  It has been a while since my last post, I do apologise, I’ve been a bad blogger! Recovery life has kind of got in the way due to constant rehabilitation, doctors’ consultations, psychological recovery and more surgery looming, but more on that later.  The decision… So, I had a day or so to think about the situation I was in, and I was well aware of what needed to be done but now I actually needed to say it. I had frequent visits from the psychologist to try and help meRead More →

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If you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here    When I arrived at the hospital I was taken into Resus where the doctors and nurses needed to look at my injuries more closely. The paramedics gave a very detailed account of my injuries and the accident to the staff then wished me well and said goodbye. By this point, I was wired up to all sorts of machines and had cannulas in both arms, as you would expect I was very out of it. I don’t really remember any of this part very well, I was very, drugged up.Read More →

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When riding motorcycles there is always a risk, you are a vulnerable road user. Whether or not you are a hardened experienced biker that has been riding for years, or you have just done your CBT, the risk is still there due to other road users. Unfortunately, on the 21st of June 2018 when commuting on the A58 to my new job in Leeds an SUV pulled out of a side road and hit me side on. I had just got the type of job that I had been working for, for the last 14 years. I didn’t mind the 18-mile commute on the bikeRead More →