About Dean Thorpe:

Health and happiness

Dean Thorpe: Introduction

Dean Thorpe: My Cosplay And Other Costumes

Dean Thorpe: My more female side

Dean Thorpe: Lover Of Animals Of All Kinds

Dean Thorpe: Hair Of Many Colours

Dean Thorpe: Edited Photographs

Dean Thorpe: Health And Happiness

Dean Thorpe: Personality Test Results

Dean Thorpe: My Weight Loss Progress

I am physically Disabled (But still fighting it!), I have been like that ever since being hit by a car when I was just 17. I do have a wheelchair that I use when I really need to, most days I can just about get around using my crutches or my walker and on worse days I just normally stay in and rest my body. I am currently waiting for BOTH hips to be replaced, this won't fix me, but should at least improve my quality of life. No idea when this will happen as they say I am not bad enough yet, my pain levels do not agree!!!

I am due for more heart surgery in January 2020 as the operation in July 2019 only helped in the short run and they think the stents could be blocked or I might need more stents or a heart bypass.

Can I walk without crutches? Yes, most days I can! but only a few feet before I would fall flat on my face or at least be in agony! :'( On good days I can get around pretty well short distances on the crutches, but I do have many bad days when I can't even get out of the flat :( 

I am a type 2 Diabetic (Too much sweet stuff when I was younger), it's more controlled now than it used to be, but that took years of lots of meds including daily injections of insulin.

I also have pretty serious Thyroid problems, Asthma etc. . . . basically if I was a horse I would have been put down years ago!

This is me / Dean Thorpe at the Conquest Hospital in Hastings, just after having keyhole heart surgery to fit stents to fix two severe blockages

Standing in his friend Caroline Macey's art studio Dean Thorpe couldn't resist a quick selfie in a big mirror, Dean avoids full length photos of himself most of the time, as he doesn't like his crutches in the photo, but can only walk a few steps without them

Dean Thorpe has not been up to doing much paid work over the years, so has stuck to mostly voluntary jobs, from working for the charity mind to helping out at Drusillas Park

When I was 17 I was hit by a car and it smashed my leg up (Supracondylar femur fracture), starting all my physical health problems that still control my life at 45! :'(