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  • Right now it's just after 2am. I haven't long woken up and am now sitting at the PC and writing this post.  Things for me at the moment are not going the best. It just feels like everything is starting to fall apart again. I am having so many issues with support workers, I just don't know how I am c...

    in: General, Personal, Ranting

  • At the start of writing this post, it is nearly 1.30am. I am sitting with YouTube playing in the background, and I am currently in so much pain from my left lower leg (yes, I am aware that leg is the amputation site). Had to have some Lyrica to deal with the phantom pain (as this is what it is), but...

    in: Amputation, General, Health

  • So, after my OHS (Open Heart Surgery) on May 5th, 2025, I ended up with an infection in the left arm scar (this is where they took the new veins for my heart bypass). It had been nearly a month of drugs and second daily wound dressings and cleaning, and still nothing was working. When I spoke with m...

    in: Health

  • At 10am today (in 6 1/2 hours), I am being admitted back into the same hospital where I had my OHS on the 5th May this year.  For about a month now, I have been dealing with an infection in the arm scar from the OHS. My heart surgeon is not happy with the current progress and has decided the only op...

    in: Health
  • OHS Update + A Rant

    This is the latest OHS (Open Heart Surgery) Update. The next update will not be until after pre-op day next week when I need my full surgical team and get to meet the people that will be poking and proding inside my chest and playing with my heart. Yesterday (Tuesday, April 15th), I had my final sca...

    in: Health, Ranting
  • Surgery Update from Surgeon

    This is a follow-up post from my previous post titled 'Heart Surgery Update + Advance Care Directive (ACD)', which was posted on Monday, April 7th, 2025.                              On Tuesday, April 8th, 2025, I met with my Cardiothoracic Surgeon in North Sydney at his private clinic. The news was...

    in: Health

  • Today, at the age of 48, I never thought I would have to fill in and write out an Advance Care Directive (ACD). Not sure what that is? I have attached the meaning below. An Advance Care Directive (ACD), also known as a living will or personal directive, is a legally binding document where an individ...

    in: Health

  • So here I am asking myself the why, oh why question. So many people within my life having been using and abusing my kindness and support for years now. It is a shame that I keep falling for it. I always seem to attract these types of people, the users and abusers. With everything that is currently g...

    in: Personal, Ranting

  • Supermarket Chicken Cook Stacy Leadbeatter has been given KSI's Golden Buzzer for her rendition of Snow Patrol's Run. To me this was this year's Susan Boyle and Paul Potts moment. The crowd went nuts for her and with good reason. This was bloody amazing, and I have watched it so many times already....

    in: Videos

  • Sometimes I really have to wonder why I bother doing anything for anyone. Why? Because most of the time I get shit on in return and am left to fend for myself when I am the one needing help or someone to talk to. The more I am here for people the more I feel left out and not wanted by anyone. I am s...

    in: General