When the autistic spills out

I’m not sure if it’s because I’m under a lot of stress with this whole leg drama or what, but wee things keep popping up – autism’s perhaps. I mostly usually manage to tick along as normal (and keep the differences to myself or swallow up the autism’s into my general daily behaviour – yeah exhausting but that’s how we roll.. all day every day.) lately they are spilling out and becoming rather noticeable to me.

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You could have lost your leg.

This is the truth. You might say I am seeing the worst in a situation, being melodramatic, or perhaps scaremongering. But this is the raw truth of the situation.

Because several medical staff failed to listen to what I was saying, did not properly and thoroughly investigate all of my symptoms and therefore missed the fundamentals, I could have lost my leg.

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Life with 1.5 legs: the return of LIVE rugby!

We were so excited when New Zealand went 24 days absolutely Covid – free… then there’s the drama of the last few days with 5 new active cases – all from people entering New Zealand from overseas. Still, aside from that, the super rugby franchise came to an arrangement – so that we can now host a Super Rugby Aotearoa championship – a round robin between New Zealand teams. Aaaaand…. the Highlanders season ticket that we had thought was turning out to be a waste of money, suddenly came alive again!

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Emergency surgery – facing another hospital stay

I feel like it has been one calamity after another lately. It’s as I was getting over the knee replacement, I began to have problems with my left (non TKR) leg. An 18 month fight with the medical system and multiple bungles / incorrect diagnoses could now leave me with permanent damage and loss of function.

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