Life's a Pain

18/05/2024

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The Journey to Amputation

20/10/2023

Animal Friends, pet insurance company, rejects claim for Service Dogs’s treatment; leaving his disabled owner Katy distressed, shocked, worried and devastated, whilst battling with her own health conditions, including waiting for an above knee amputation. Nero became unwell which has broke his own...

02/09/2023

Not all disabilities are visible... discrimination and judgement in our everyday lives! There is still a persecution even in 2023, that if you're not in a wheelchair or in very old, you're not disabled. We've all had the stares and glares, for example when you go into the disabled toilet or park in....

15/08/2023

Last Monday (7th August 2023), I meet with my Plastics Consultant/Surgeon for the first time at Salisbury District Hospital, to discuss my CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) knee being amputated. I went with a very close friend of mine, we must have known each other for about 20 plus years now. M...

07/08/2023

Today (7th August 2023), I am going to Salisbury to meet up with a very close friend to take the next big step in my journey! We are going to Salisbury District Hospital (SDH) Plastics Department (I know I take him to all the best places) to meet with my consultant for the first time to discuss the....

19/07/2023

Can you spare a few minutes to complete this survey relating to Personal Independent Payment (PIP)?

27/06/2023

The background is... I was a front line NHS paramedic till April 2017, when I left to become a Personal Independent Payment Disability Analyst. I had been signed off sick from the ambulance service I was working for since the January due to a shoulder injury and my mental health. I had my leaving/ex...

13/06/2023

This had two modules, and I was going to write them separately. However, as I haven't written in a while due to enjoying the sun, looking after my friend's son; recovering from looking after the little dude and flare ups; I'm not sure where the time has gone! Anyway this is a 2 for 1 or BOGOF (buy o...

06/06/2023

Daily living with CRPS 🧡🧡🧡



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30/05/2023

The purpose of this was to gain a greater understanding of the main mental health conditions; and the disabling impact on people's lives. The first part was to understand the main mental health problems. Most paramedics and some other healthcare professionals will have seen these conditions at crisi...

28/05/2023

Another module, another tick in the box for completing, it successfully! The purpose of the Physical Regional Examination Technique module is to be able to perform a regional examination and identify any abnormalities within the musculoskeletal system and special senses examinations. The module elem...

25/05/2023

I was a Personal Independent Payment (PIP) Disability Assessor (DA) for about 6 months, after leaving the ambulance service; which is about the average for Paramedics in this role! It was a complete culture shock to all my systems; having gone from working day and night shift, where Christmas is jus...