âItâs almost indescribable pain, like standing on jagged glass. I live on painkillers. I canât imagine thatâs good for me, but itâs the only solution at the moment. And I canât sleep properly as I canât get comfortable.
âPreviously getting washed and dressed, doing my hair and putting on my makeup took me 20 minutes. Now it takes three hours, from seven until 10am, because my movements are so slow and so painful.
âItâs a pretty horrendous situation. Iâm getting desperate, I have to say. My GP is pushing for me to get the surgery. The supposed maximum waiting time is meant to be 18 weeks. I keep getting letters from my orthopaedic consultant saying that heâs doing what he can but is working at only two-thirds capacity and so doesnât know when Iâll get my operation.
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