This isn’t yet a certain outcome, but the odds have shortened significantly from 20% likelihood when they first found the blocked artery in March, to just 50-50 when I visited surgeon Jo on Friday. So I really need to start thinking about this properly and how my life might look afterwards.
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All is not well in the land of the left leg
I started having trouble again around 2 weeks ago. First it started with occasional foot pain, then I started to notice other things. I immediately knew something was wrong.
Continue reading “All is not well in the land of the left leg”Poem: There is no time
Everyone says ‘life is too short’. You might think it’s a cliche, but when you are someone who has stared death in the face too closely for comfort, and witnessed multiple deaths at close hand when you were in one of your weakest places already, you realise with starkness that your time in this earth is fragile, valuable and could be over at a moments notice without warning.
Continue reading “Poem: There is no time”The fragility of life
The signs are all around us, but we often become blind to them, choose to ignore them, or kid ourselves into believing they don’t apply to us. What am I talking about? Life. something far too many of us take for granted.
*Please note: some of the issues addressed in this blog could be quite confronting to some readers*.
Continue reading “The fragility of life”I have a plan – at last!
I am someone who likes to work from targets and action plans. That said, I have found the last 4 weeks post surgery really tough, because everyone told me to take it easy and that I needed to give it time for everything to heal to a point where it was safe to move forwards with rehab. Waiting indefinitely is not a strong point of mine!
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