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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 →