Thursday 11 August 2011

Anger and frustration

The man that killed Si and caused my terrible injuries took full responsibility for his actions. His car insurance policy was in place for such an event yet his insurers sit back and allow me to suffer by constantly refusing to provide the funding I need to ease my difficulties and restrictions. Surely their duty is to provide measures to prevent further suffering and discomfort and to ensure that my life is restored to as close as is feasibly possible to how it was pre-accident. They are causing me further physical and mental pain and discomfort, and serious financial concerns by their constant refusal to assist when I need assistance.
I feel like they are treating me very unfairly and that they are trying to corner me into a settlement when they know full well that I do not have all the facts in place.
I'm so annoyed, it's just not fair, any of this.

My daughter was rushed into hospital last night, her partner went with her and she urgently needed someone to look after her children. Pre-accident I would have bundled them into the car and took them home with me. Now I can't even babysit without a carer with me and as my daughter is my main carer I could offer no assistance whatsoever. How unimaginable is that, that you can't look after your own grandchildren!

Tuesday 19 July 2011

It's been a while

Quite a lot has happened since my last post. I have had my arm amputation and although I still have the same nerve pain it was definately the right thing to do. I no longer have to carry a useless arm around with me and my 'residual limb', more commonly known as my right arm, has regained a lot of movement. I have physio and hydrotherapy every week and I am gradually regaining more and more use. I have a cosmetic prosthetic arm which I am able to support and the weight of it is helping with my recovery.
I am getting more and more used to my prosthetic leg but my 'residual limb', right leg, is shrinking, that happens with the type of socket I have, add to that the fact that I've lost weight. So I am still strugging with socket fit and have to get another made. Hopefully once that is done my mobility will increase.
I've moved! It was a battle to get the funding from the insurers, who gave me an interim way short of the purchase price, but with a little bit of creative thinking and help from the parents I managed to get the money together and I moved in just before Christmas.