Category: Patient Stories

Jamie is a long term limb reconstruction patient at King’s Hospital. He shares his personal experience of life during treatment and inspiring words of advice in a Q&A.   Introduction  My name is Jamie, I am 30 years old and I work in the TV Industry as a Production Coordinator. I enjoy travelling, going for…

In 2009 Kathy suffered a very serious fracture to her right ankle after falling from a horse. The break was so severe that it was touch and go whether or not her leg could be saved. But, under the care of her local hospital, her leg was in plaster for six weeks, and then in…

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)…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…