Anji Hickin

Frisky and Mannish: Reviewed

I had to mop my eyes throughout.

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Made It Through, Walking Again: The Amputee Chronicles V

It didn’t occur to me that I could die. I was just irritated.

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Graduating with a C-leg: The Amputee Chronicles IV

The concept of going home for the weekend with my leg, and being able to walk, is almost overwhelming.

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Kill Chambers, newly signed to Rising Records and on the rise

In a climate where less than one percent of bands get offered a recording contract, Kill Chambers feel especially lucky to have recently signed a deal with Rising Records

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Making Molehills Out Of Mountains – The Amputee Chronicles III

He watched as the doors of the train fell on him and severed both his legs. He idly noted that his left arm was on fire and watched it until the flames went out.

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The Walking School – The Amputee Chronicles II

I’m dizzy at first but the feeling clears away like smoke dispersing in a room. I’m standing up properly for the first time in five weeks.

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The Man Without A Leg To Stand On – The Amputee Chronicles I

My wife tells me that we’ll take things one step at a time. It’s four days before I point out the irony of the phrase.

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Talking to Andrew, The Amputee Chronicles

“I’m an optimist by nature” he says in a typically understated manner “losing a leg is an inconvenience” he continues, before adding wittily “but it certainly cuts down the queuing at airports!

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Happy Ever After Reconstruction Surgery

I became quite ill and then one evening, sitting in front of the mirror, I put my hand to my breast and my hand just sank into the breast, splattering green gunk all over the mirror”. The abscess had burst and Samantha was taken to hospital, but it was here that her troubles really began.

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Sid Sloane Dines Out At The Windsor Grill

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“I am a millionaire” declares Sid in one of his many poems. He doesn’t mean financially of course, it is a ‘count your blessings’ style poem which epitomises Sid’s upbeat and infectiously positive personality and general approach to life

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