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As always, if you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here    Unfortunately, it’s been difficult writing recently. I’ve had a lot of issues with my prosthetics, which nearly always leads to problems with my skin. I thought I should probably touch on this now, as it might explain my writing inconsistencies, but also, it’s probably an issue I’m always going to have, as are most amputees. Even though it’s taking me off the timeline a little. I’m going to jump ahead slightly about my prosthetics, just so that my point of this post makes sense. But I will get backRead More →

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As always, if you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here    I had been driving the hired Hyundai Tucson for a couple of months at a ridiculous and unsustainable cost. It was time to start looking at buying a car. I don’t need adaptions to drive, just an automatic so there are plenty of options. The things you need to think about are, what’s going to make your life easier. If I get into a normal car, I have to kind of fall in backwards as the seats are low. I then have to lift my leg up to myRead More →

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As always, if you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here    I do apologise for the slight delay in this post, as I have been made aware it was missed last week. I will blame the long Easter weekend as well as eating and drinking too much.  The two weeks at being mad at myself were up, and it was time for hospital transport over to Seacroft in Leeds for my first appointment with my prosthetist. We were strangely early, which was a relief, but after a short wait I was called through. He started explaining the rough processRead More →

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If you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here  I had been doing my gimpy PPAM aid walking for a while now and I was just waiting for my appointment at Seacroft, the NHS prosthetics clinic in Leeds. Cabin fever had massively set in, and I had only moved over to Halifax for work, so I didn’t really have a social circle over there. The majority of my mates were back over in Burnley. To combat this, I did what any 32 year old would do and arrange a sleep over! I got a lift over to my friend’s house inRead More →

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Bellow I have put together a list of some amputee charities that you might find useful. I have tried to include charities that are providing services for different areas, such as family support, equipment funding, peer support, etc.  I will continue to add to this list over time. If you know of a charity that may help someone feel free to drop me an email, here on the contact page and I will get it added.    Day One Trauma Support  Location – UK “Day One are a national charity supporting people affected by major trauma. They provide practical and emotional support, alongside NHS clinicalRead More →

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If you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here    After a couple of weeks of wearing granny’s shrinker sock, I was back at physio for a measure of my stump.  It was going down but not very fast. The next step was to get me upright with compression on my stump. This is done with what’s called a PPAM aid. A Pneumatic Post Amputation Mobility aid is a big rubber bag that looks like something from a gimp suit. It goes around your entire residual limb, then leg and bag are put inside a metal frame with a plate atRead More →

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If you would like to start my amputee journey from the beginning click here    The ambulance brought me back home and unloaded me onto the pavement outside in a wheelchair. He had to take me into the house which was no easy feat. The drive was about a 40-degree angle, and he really had to lean into it to get me up there. Then we had to tackle the steps in through the side door.  Without crutches, the only real option was for me to get out of the chair, sit on the floor and slide into the kitchen while he lifted the wheelchair intoRead More →

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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 →