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Derek Telfer
My
name is Derek Telfer. Age 46. Scottish, and former retail manager for
over 17 years, including a Tesco Store Manager, direct salesman for 6
years, and now a Gold level Kleeneze Distributor.
Since
the age of
15, I have been a keen weight trainer, competing bodybuilder and
basically a grafter at whatever profession I had ventured into.
On
May 15th
1995, I was brutally attacked near Waterloo Station from behind by 2
men out of their heads on drugs, who put me headfirst through a shop
window.
I
didn’t see it coming, and although at that time I weighed a
very powerful 161/2 stone at 6ft 3in, it did me no good, as I
wasn’t given the chance to defend myself.
As
I lay
half-through this window, they took my wallet and then kicked my back
with steel-capped boots for what seemed like minutes and eventually I
passed out.
The
next thing I
knew, I was in a wheelchair outside the A&E Dept at St
Thomas’ Hospital.
Apparently
a
taxi driver saw the blood from my head wound running into the gutter
and picked me up, placed me at the Hospital and drove off, not wanting
to get involved.
My
head wound
was glued back together, and although my back was looked at, no scans
were done.
I
was taken home
and given some painkillers.
Although
my back
was black & blue from one side to another, I never realised at
that time what damage had been done internally, until the next day when
I collapsed, unable to move in my living room.
I
was paralysed
from the waist down!
I
hammered on
the wall of the room and my neighbour came round, took me to Hospital
and there, eventually after an MRI scan several days later, I had an
emergency discectomy.
2
of my discs
were so badly squashed that the nerves around them were destroyed and
had to be removed to make some feeling return to my legs.
I
was released
some time later and spent the next year on crutches, suffering many
episodes of excruciating pain, which resulted in 25 ambulance callouts
in the first 2 years after the operation.
To
this day I
have constant bilateral sciatica (both legs and back), and very often
muscle spasms brought on by the simplest of little movements, like
picking up something from the floor.
Whilst
employed,
my Private Health Cover allowed me to have 8 Epidural (Cortisone)
injections into my spine every 3 months to help alleviate some of the
pain.
Now,
at
£800 a session, that is a luxury that I am working towards
again ASAP. I do have an appointment for a consultation with the same
surgeon on NHS for this procedure – in one year’s
time from now!
I
continued to
weight train as the consultants said that the muscle development that I
had built up was basically what was keeping me upright, and if I
stopped, I would be permanently on sticks!
In
March 2002, I
came 2nd in the London & SE Britain qualifier for the over
40’s Mr Britain competition and qualified for the Mr Britain
Finals. At age 42, with a back injury, (and without taking drugs like
most of them), I was amongst the top 20 physiques in the country of
60million people. That dream had taken me 27 years of training to
achieve!
After
finally
getting myself into employment again, I had so much time off for
Hospital episodes or treatment that an agreement was made this year to
terminate my job in a call centre on medical grounds, and be as they
called it “unemployable”.
I
had joined
Kleeneze at the end of March 2004 to try to earn an extra £50
per week and also to get myself mobile again after being
“chained” to a desk, computer and headset for 8-9
hours a day.
The
combination
of focussing on something that I was in control of, plus the short
distances I was walking on a regular basis seemed to help me mentally
keep my pain in a manageable state.
My
medication
still involves 8 x 800mg Ibuprofen /day, 4-6 codeine and almost every
day 1-2 Diazepam (Valium).
None
of which
actually touch the pain!
What
does help
me much more to be honest is the knowledge that since no-one else is
going to change my life for me, I have the chance to take control of
this deck of cards I’ve been dealt and make the best of a bad
situation. No one has a miracle cure and further surgery may even put
me in a wheelchair for life!
I
now have the
chance to go out when I want to, sit at the computer when I want to,
make phone calls when I want to, drop or collect catalogues when I want
to.
As
you may know,
your back/nerve pain often dictates what you can or can’t
physically do. But with Kleeneze, You have choices!
Trust
me, this
opportunity offers you an awful lot more than just the chance to make
money. The personal development that I have undergone in the last 20
months alone has made it worth it for me.
Do
not hesitate
about doing this! You will regain confidence. Have some pride that
you’re not just sitting back watching other people get on
with their lives and you will develop mental strength that you
didn’t know you had.
If
I can do this
even while using a walking stick 3-4 days /week, plus help run a
household with 3 teenage step-kids, then you can certainly do it.
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