“See you later, pal”
Broken neck? Check. TBI? Check.
400 pieces of shrapnel and rocks imbedded in your fleshy bits? Check.
Died twice on the casevac back to base? Check.
Still kicking and refusing to give in? Oh you know that’s a check
Royal Marine Corporal Paul Vice survived an explosion in Afghanistan in 2011 and picked up an amazing 114 wounds to go along with his MC. And after a three year battle with his own body, he has decided to part ways with a good bit of it.
But on-going problems with his left leg have stopped him from enjoying life with his wife Tessa and their four children Honey, Alfie, Frankie and Harley. So he made the difficult decision to remove the troublesome limb, which he referred to as ‘the wet fish’.
Before having the leg removed, he wrote a message on the limb which read: ‘Dear leg, thanks for all the misery and admin you have caused over the last three years. See you later pal.’