
English: 
Hello my name's Debbie Zappa, I'm a full time self-employed gardener which I've
done for 20 years and had pains in my
arms for many years and I thought it was
just age related, I'm 52 and I thought I
was getting old and it was arthritis and
I had to put ice on my arms in between
work and when I got home to take the swelling down.
It was agony in the end, it felt like my
bones were breaking because there were
literally, they were literally, bashing
together my wrist bone and the end of my
ulna bone. They were grating together, and you
can imagine in gardening when when
it's so physical, using shears all day
and loppers and you know heavy work

English: 
Hello my name's Debbie Zappa, I'm a full time self-employed gardener which I've
done for 20 years and had pains in my
arms for many years and I thought it was
just age related, I'm 52 and I thought I
was getting old and it was arthritis and
I had to put ice on my arms in between
work and when I got home to take the swelling down.
It was agony in the end, it felt like my
bones were breaking because there were
literally, they were literally, bashing
together my wrist bone and the end of my
ulna bone. They were grating together, and you
can imagine in gardening when when
it's so physical, using shears all day
and loppers and you know heavy work

English: 
digging. You know it got to the point
I would have had to give up
gardening I couldn't work in that agony
all the time. It was agony, you know, bones
clicking, rubbing together both arms,
it was scary, it's very scary times.
When I did go to the doctor and  eventually have an x-ray and a scan found
that my ulna bone was longer than the
radius. So I had to come to the Peninsula
and have an operation on my right arm,
and shorten the bone and I have a metal
plate in there, and then 2016 the next
winter I have my left arm done, and now I
am totally healed and I feel like a new
woman. I'm totally chuffed, the NHS
has changed my life, I can't thank them
enough. I love gardening it's my true love,

English: 
digging. You know it got to the point
I would have had to give up
gardening I couldn't work in that agony
all the time. It was agony, you know, bones
clicking, rubbing together both arms,
it was scary, it's very scary times.
When I did go to the doctor and  eventually have an x-ray and a scan found
that my ulna bone was longer than the
radius. So I had to come to the Peninsula
and have an operation on my right arm,
and shorten the bone and I have a metal
plate in there, and then 2016 the next
winter I have my left arm done, and now I
am totally healed and I feel like a new
woman. I'm totally chuffed, the NHS
has changed my life, I can't thank them
enough. I love gardening it's my true love,

English: 
and after 20 years, I'll still, I want to
do it for another 20 and I will be able to I hope now.
Thank you NHS.

English: 
and after 20 years, I'll still, I want to
do it for another 20 and I will be able to I hope now.
Thank you NHS.
