This is a short and sweet post today but a very important one for me. Last week a lady got in touch with me through the blog. She has a long-term condition and is faced with the very real possibility of a below knee amputation. She had looked on the Internet for stories and information, where she found most blogs were American. She did find another British blog, which she read, but found the lady who wrote it was very negative. This is exactly the same thing that I came across and this lady was exactly the person I started writing this blog for. She said it was good to find an NHS perspective and loved that it’s written with warts and all. She read every post and then emailed me with some more specific questions, which I was more than happy to answer. As with the Author I stressed that everyone’s experience is individual, as are the differences between a below and above knee amputee.
For me this email signified that my mission was accomplished, I felt so happy and overjoyed that I had achieved my aim with the blog. I could of course say my work here is done, and I will, that doesn’t mean I’ll stop writing though. Any other person who is like this lady will be a bonus for me, I’ll be as happy to have helped them as I was at accomplishing my mission. Some good has come from my misfortune, so for me it’s no longer a misfortune but a positive experience. With some small things going on and a couple of things in the pipeline I’m hoping to help other amputees and the people around them, watch this space!
