Cheryl

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Hi Cherly:

That is good news if its consistent across the counrty.

Iv'e printed your posting to take to my GP next week.

Thanks for that

Phil

Pre Waiting list

Devon UK

phil re nhs waiting list

Hi Phil the waiting time is now nine months maximum. This is the new

limit introduced by the government and will be dropped to six months

by the end of the year. This was what I was told by gov dept. I am

due in June which willmean a seven month wait and I was on urgent

list??????

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Hi Cheryl,

Good to hear from you. I'm doing very well, went working half days last

week. Like mentioned a lot on this site I think the recovering phase is very

individual. I am walking without crutches and only on very long walks with a

stick. I have to admit the drive to leave the crutches behind me had also to

do with the pain in my wrist because of the crutches.

The 15th of July I have my check-up and I really hope I'm doing fine,

although I think You'd know when there is something wrong.. I still have

some mental fears to totally stand on the leg, also the right way of walking

is more a matter of breaking some psychic barriers than the physical

boundaries.

I feel like I'm making this huge spelling errors, but you'll forgive me

right?

The thing that makes me worried is the pain in my other hip, it feels a lot

like how it all started about four years ago with the operated one. I

honoustly hope it is due to fact I'm giving the good hip to much weight

while I still want to be nice for the operated one. I am certainly going to

ask dr. De Smet his opinion about the other hip.

Like you I'm still longing for a good night of sleep, I stopped with the

painkillers so it is getting better and I am able to sleep on the side for

like an hour (the non- operated)...heaven! I'm not sure if it is because of

not sleeping through the night, but I'm still very tired and if I'd give in

I could still sleep for 12 hours per day. Unfortunately I had to start

working.

In an attemp to invest in my quality of sleeping I was out to look for a new

mattres. That was rather interesting. I walked in a shop with a stick and

was tolled about a certain specification mattres the price was X. Being a

purchaser in my professional life I went to another shop and asked for the

price of that same mattres...it was X - 350 Euro's! Thant can't be just

margin. I think disabled people are in a huge disadvantaged position...well

I get a bit tired of this bed story.

Good luck the coming weeks, Mijke (I'll start swimming this week, have you

allready done some other physical training to get back in condition)

Mijke de Schutter LBHR 02/06/04 DeSmet

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Hi Mijke, I was wondering how you were getting on? As we were

resurfed on the same day it's nice to compare. Like you I am finding

sleeping difficult.

Are you on one or two crutches? I am on one round the house but

still need two for longer walks.

Cheryl x

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