Author: Mark
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Former limb reconstruction patient speaks to @King’s magazine
Fiona Squire, a former limb reconstruction patient, talks with @Kings magazine about how the Mind & Body Programme. My accident irreversibly changed my life. I had hit despair, with no sense of an improving future: no more nursing, dog-walking, or caring for my ill husband. The programme revealed the distress and depression I was carrying…
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A Soldier’s Experience
I arrived at King’s as a military patient. I had been injured whilst serving on operations. Unfortunately, the vehicle that my team and I were in hit an improvised explosive device (IED)…
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I am grateful for every step I take
On 14 January, 2007, I hit a road sign at 60 mph on my motorbike. According to the discharge notice I suffered: multiple facial fractures…
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I will be back, fighting fit
On 9 February 2003 while in France I broke my right leg in a snowboarding accident. It was a spiral fracture. I broke the right fibula and tibia…
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Things we used to do as family had to stop
My Mummy hurt her leg and had to wear a frame for a long time. While she was in hospital, it was very strange because Daddy had to take time off work…
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Medical accident led to limb reconstruction
My introduction to the Limb Reconstruction Unit came as a result of a medical accident. Over a period of two or three years I had had continual knee problems…
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Getting married with a Meccano set on my leg
My wedding day was a wonderful day, very small and quiet, but magical. Aaron, my husband, and I had wanted to wait until I was off crutches…
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An encounter with a Rhino
While a guest on a television production just over 20 years ago I had a run-in with a rhino, which caused me considerable damage, including a badly broken leg…
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KCH physio Suzanne Swaine raising money for Rebuild Charity
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Gary Morgan raises more than £3000 for Rebuild!
Keen supporter of King’s College Hospital, Gary Morgan ran his first ever Marathon this year and chose REBUILD as the charity to fundraise for. My family have a long association with King’s, and we are so grateful for the marvellous care we have had over the years,” he said. “It was a real pleasure to…