Tag: disabled

#155 Covid19 pandemic 1 year on: thank you to MY heroes

While the world was heading into lock down I was heading into hospital.. on a long battle where we would fail in all surgical attempts so save my left leg. For a small business owner this is like the idea of pure hell. So there’s only one team of heroes I need to thank.. my staff team.

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#138 How to prepare for limb loss – how I tackled it

This is something that comes up so frequently that I thought it was worth a mention. How exactly do you tackle major life changing surgical news? There most definitely is not a right and wrong answer but here’s how I went about it.. hope it helps.

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#109 Mini-Rant The financials you don’t think of till you’re an amputee

So, the socket isn’t right, the financial assistance I should be able to claim is being argued.. and I have to go back to Dunedin again… although I’m not totally sure how I finance it. Yep, I’m ANGRY 😡 it should not be THIS HARD to be disabled. Here’s what happened today.

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#103 They are trying to drown me in a sea of form filling!

Just when I thought the stupid damn battles I’m having to get my life back to some type of normal can’t get any worse, someone mails me half a tree in forms and tells me all my previous ones need to wait till I send this one! 😤 I shan’t be beaten, but I could do with a tiny break right now!

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