Flip

Or worse..... but I am doing it to continue getting better

Lunch

And for lunch I had 1 sandwich and a drink. It was filling and enough. That was only half a before my accident lunch, but it was enough. Now

Dear

Well..... now I can have my sandwiches for lunch.

Sorry, "sandwich" - singular

Lord

So here we are back to "normal" again. I slept in today, didn't wake up 'til 10.15, an unusual occurrence

Buzy

I have been so buzy today that I haven't had time to BLOG but..... My parents agreed to stop being in my face because the person canceled, so today I was buzy with them too as they are off tomorrow. BUT my FTP has stopped working so 3 or 4 groups of excellent photos wont go up. So shit.

Still pointless

Luckily my parents went off pretty early then I could write up my BLOG etc but nowt now (weep)

Pointless

So my parents came over to help me with the assessment meeting tomorrow. At 4.55 we were just about to go out for dinner when my Dad's mobile phone rang. It was my brother who is currently doing Dad's role in his business, he had just taken a phone call from the person who was supposed to be here tomorrow saying "Sorry, no meeting tomorrow". At 4.55PM!!! After my parent's had got in a plane, then hired a car, then drove here from the airport,after they have arrived and having a coffee, message from him saying....

(Scream and shout)

(Big style)

Finished

So I went to the PDH today and they said that I was finished there for now. But someone is going to inject my right arm so when he can do that I will be back. And I managed not to say "Missing you already" as I left

Off

I'm off in a bit to the Day Hospital for my physio....

And then come back here, meet with my Dad, then tomorrow we are meeting an assessor. And I think it is a leaving me short of cash assessor

Hectic

It calmed down later but what a lot of issues came up today

Radical

So I went shopping to the shop, my bill was ready, she said "£476.32 (or thereabouts)" so I didn't take my cash out but my Visa Debit Card. Which I can't remember ever spending on shopping but she asked me to pin the code, then said "Ta" and gave me my shopping. Another FREE food incident... In the past I used to write cheques, but now......

Up, off

Got up, had brekky, I am going out to the shop in a bit...

(1) I woke up at 6.15 this morning. I got up at 8.45 today.....

Dear

So I am checking for my dole money but it doesn't seem to be here yet....

Phew, it arrived about half past two

Zappa

Because someone asked me if I had some tonight, I put more Frank Zappa on, an album I remember from 25 years ago and another nearly as good newer one

Read it

And I am getting over my "can't read that it's too much" thing because tonight I managed all of this, all five pages

Oh oh....

And today I said one of my quotes in Welsh, asked them what it meant. They said "This"

Erm...

Saturday..... oh.... erm....

Radical

So I was taken into town earlier for shopping which didn't work in the end "We went shopping, couldn't find any boots in accessible Carmarthen shop, as I was on foot, no wheelchair involved, went online and bought some"

So no wheelchair went to town in a lift. Much too scary

"It was easy to spend that much cash if it's only virtual"

PDH

So first of all I went to the Priory Day Hospital for my morning session. As I had an appointment elsewhere in the West Wales General Hospital, at the Surgical Appliances Department, and they told me to buy boots and take the right one in next week

Which I did. We went shopping, couldn't find any boots in accessible Carmarthen shop, as I was on foot, no wheelchair involved, went online and bought some. It was easy to spend that much cash if it's only virtual

Not just me

So it's not just me whose a bit panicky about the new technology

Further recollection

I recall

Did you miss me?

Well today I am trying to not say stuff just because I can, but only when I have summat to add. So Have You Missed Me?

Billy

And I just started properly a book by a new author and it is so impressive

RHS

Today I was out. When I came back I set off going up the hill in my chair as usual. Today I made it to the top going straight forward because my right hand joined in

PDH

And I went to Priory Day Hospital, it was strange but I did in. Back on Friday, in my wheel-chair because afterwards I have an appointment at the Surgical Appliances Department

And it was strange being back here, having finished, and finished lunch, and got back here already, by 12.25

Bikkies

And amongst my "looking for stuff" today I looked in a box. Good lord, biscuits..... mmmmm

Visitor

And my visitor arrived this afternoon, but she is bored, what shall we do?

And we ate a delicious curry that I made for tonight, mmmm

Book

And I finished book 3 since my accident, Hitchhiker's Guide Part 3

Walkies

And I am walking everywhere today....

Stopped now when Freya arrived as I am cooking etc

But now I will remain in my wheelchair have breakfast etc as then at 10.00AM my taxi is taking me way, without my 'chair

GUDL

Well I got up s'morning", walked into the kitchen, "had brekky"....... and was at home anyway.

GUDS

Well I got up s'morning, had brekky, went to the shop, did my weeks shopping and came home

Still walking

I made my lunch etc from my feet, went to the loo again with no stick

3.45PM, still walkies

So it's 4PM now and I am sitting in my wheelchair. Dunno why, it just felt better

Lie in

So I didn't wake up and get up until 8.15 s'morning. Decadent, an outrageous lie in.

My foot seems to be working again, I got up and walked into the kitchen no problem.

Then when I finished my breakfast I stood up to walk over here to the 'puter chair, which I did, I walked over here and sat down with my 'stick not touching the ground!!

And later I walked out of the kitchen pushing my tray thingy as far as the table then I walked to the bathroom without my stick, went to the loo, and walked back still without 'stick

Much happier

And my ex~ingrown toenail is so much better, I don't think I realized how shit it was feeling all the time. Even tho I haven't been walking today it is so much groovier, lets wait and see if I am walking tomorrow...

Fixer

And Sam came over to see me to try and mend my PC today. Strangely enough he wasn't able to fix Office 2007 but instead reinstalled Office 200 on a CD I provided, which I hadn't realized the difference but..... And he is gonna send me a copy of 2007 when he's back in Manchester in 10 days

Sitties

I am sitting in my wheelchair today as when I tried to walk this morning my right knee felt "Owww". So we will have to see how it is tomorrow

Made

And this morning for only the second time since my accident I was able to change my bed without any help

ETR

Early to bed,
early to rise,
makes a man,
healthy wealthy and wise

Sossijes

For dinner tonight I thought I have cooked etc for a couple of nights so I will just have oven chips and veggie sausages. So I cooked it all, got a knife and fork out, and went and sat down with it. So I looked at the sausages, I thought now I usually just cut it with my the side of my fork, turn my fork over and eat it.... BUT tonight I am gonna try it with my knife and fork. So I stuck the fork in with my left hand and approached it with my knife that was held in my right hand. It was difficult but I managed. The first meal that I have eaten all of with my right hand in 7¼ years

Drink driver

At the Day Hospital today there was a new chap, he is much worse off than me, pretty much unstable even sitting in his wheelchair. Anyway after lunch I asked him what disease he had had, or what accident. He was out walking one night when a drunk driver hit him. The f*c*er has killed himself instead of going to court but this poor bugger is still alive, just

Ingrown

And after my exercises a person asked me to accompany him as he was going to sort out my ingrown toenail. I nearly panicked but just about managed. First of all he looked at my left big toe, the one that was removed in an operation ages ago and is coming back but all over the place. Firstly he attacked it with a knife then some scissors and it now looks like a short proper toenail. Then he looked at my right big toe, the ingrown one. He cut and chopped and cut a lot more. It now is a lot shorter and a lot better shaped, the sh*t bits have gone away. You can see in the pic how much he had to remove from the LHS of my toenail. And it nearly didn't hurt, when it did I didn't have to complain, it was only a little

Up

7.00AM...... so in 3 hours I am off to the Day Hospital

AND gosh it went well. My usual teacher is on holiday this week so I had to leave a message about how I was crying.... The stuff that I do seems to be getting easier every week and the stuff with her moving my right hand still hurts

Print

And tonight I tried to print 2 pictures on 1 piece of paper and noticed the bit on the print dialogue which says "Print 1, print 2, print 4, print loads" and can do it now. I think in the past I had been opening pictures in Irfanview then printing rather than clicking "Print" which is why this choosing size of the print is news to me, but I now know how to do it

Properly

Today I was slicing some bread to have at lunchtime. For the first time since my accident I held the bread knife in my right hand and cut it.
(It it not a very clear photo but you can see the knife blade and my left hand holding the bread)

Lock Workers (again)

And two lock workers came and REfixed the lock on my door, possibly it's properly fixed now so the other electrical fixer will come out and do more in a couple of days.

But I am a lot more confident about having to lock it from the outside while standing up while getting into my taxi tomorrow

Walkies

So last night I went to bed about midnight with a book to read. After half a chapter I fell asleep. After such a going to sleep night I woke up this morning at 7.30

AND I am still walking everywhere, it is now 2.30

And I am still walking everywhere, it is now nearly 6pm, I have had my dinner, washed up etc all on my feet

BUT I have just noticed that my sink is higher than it used to be, they must have moved it up when they were fixing my leak, but as I am no longer sitting down every time I am there I didn't notice it

Nearly eight now, still walking...

And it is 9.30PM now and I am still walking, at a guess I will continue until I go to bed...

And I am about to go to bed, I will have to walk past my wheelchair that I haven't used at all today

Not Walkies

So today after I came back from Physio I have been wheelchairing, tomorrow is gonna be different, I will get up and walk into the kitchen...

Curry

And I thought this afternoon "What kind of veggieburgers shall I have with my oven chips tonight?". After thinking about this for about 3 minutes I decided "No" and made curry instead, I dunno what it tastes like yet but it looks good ATM

AND it is delicious

Off

And this morning I am off to Priory Day Hospital for the first time in a week as last Friday I had an assessment here instead

AND I woke up and got up at the scrake of day this morning...

So I turned up at the Day Hospital today, it went as well as can be expected, yes it hurt etc. Then the lady came to take me home. I thought "Shall I have a piss or just go home then have one?". We came half way home then her SatNavc wouldn't find it any more and as we came here a different way than usual I didn't know where we were either. So we stopped while she typed into her SatNav. 3 times. When I was nearly wetting myself. In the end she phoned someone for directions, got here, dropped me off and I wished I could run but just walked quickly into the loo

And today was the first time in 7 years where I was able to climb the steps into a van

Wheely

And this morning I am not walking as in a bit I will be off to my Physio Class without my wheelchair

Fixers

And 2 chaps came, did loadsa work on my lock and went off. Then I tried it and my lock wouldn't lock, so they had to come back and undo all their work

Lunch

Today, for lunch, I had the first can of soup that I have eaten for many years. And it was lovely

Freya

And Freya just phoned me (as she has got up) and said that she is back from Dance Camp and had an excellent time and she is coming over to see me later today

And she did, but tomorrow she is going to be a teenager!! I gave her her pressie which she opened a day early as she wanted to do it with me

G.Morning

Well early this morning the man came to the door with my delivery of my missing HHGTTG volume which I am a bit pleased about

Out

So I went out to a meeting of Brain Injured folk at Mind in Carmarthen tonight. It was a bit..... dunno, can't decide whether to go to next months meeting or not.

But I had never heard the term Brain Injured before and there was a whole meeting of them tonight, folk who don't live here

Tomorrow

Gosh today is too exciting but I just received an email from Julia to tell me that that beautiful Freya girl is coming to see me tomorrow afternoon

Walking

And I finished walking at about 3.15 this afternoon as I am cooking then going out to Headway later

Water

First of all I was in the kitchen cleaning up my mess from the spilt coffee(1) when I turned the tap on for some water. I thought "What's that noise?" looked down and saw a puddle getting bigger under my sink, the pipe had come out which I did need help with

(1) When I first spilt it I thought "Oh, help" but then I got stuck in and cleaned it up by myself. Until the next crisis

Up and down again

So I went out and walked up and downhill again, like I did when I took these photos last week, and... dunno, I am not sure but I think it is getting a bit easier

Troubles ahead

Dunno, this morning is..... p'raps I have not had enuf sleep < shrug >

But I am thinking.... sometimes when I stand up my right foot is stuck, I used to have to sit back down and move it but it seems that I can just do it now without panicing or falling over

Done already

Usually Monday is a trip to Morrisons for shopping but I went yesterday with my parents (and put a bottle of milk in the freezer) so I don't think I will be shopping tomorrow. I need some razor blades but I can be scruffy bearded for another week, save £12.00 in taxi to just buy razor blades

Someone went to Tesco's for me as well as their own and I got 5 razor blades for nearly a flipping tenner

Scan

And every time I pressed the 'Scan' button on my Printer it said "No software" so I thought "Sh*t", was trying to find software for it. Then mid-look I found a set of instructions to start scanning by doing stuff, not pressing the button, and it works now!! The button still doesn't work but I now know how to do it

Walkies

And today this walking perhaps feels a bit easier, I have been doing it since I woke up

And it is now 4.30PM and I am still doing it

OK, I had to stop about 4.50 as cooking was too much hassle but then from about 5.20 I am walking again

I got back in my wheelchair at 21.10 tonight

8 AM

Gosh, got up s'morning after being in bed awake for ages

NOT walkies

And after another day of "Doing stuff from my wheelchair" tomorrow is another "Walkies" day, I will wake up, walk into the kitchen, see how it goes from there

Fare thee well

And I said tara to my parents tonight, they have to leave early in't morning. Possibly my next visitor will be soon and they will be back for that

Out again

And then we got together and went out for dinner, to a new place that we haven't been to before and it was delicious tonight

And ATM I went to the loo then we went out, had a slow dinner and waited for ages for our coffee, then came back and I didn't rush into the loo, I hadn't been since we left

Out

So this morning they came and took me out shopping. We went out about 10 o'clock and I didn't need a piss until we came back at lunchtime, so obviously that is better too. When we were out we went to Morrisons where I did my whole of next weeks shopping, so saving myself £12.00 for Taxi's on Monday

Well

My parents are still here s'morning but that Toby chap has gone back to Julies......

Visitors

I have been really busy today, my parents had come over to see the woman from my solicitor and then my friend Julie came up to see me with that handsome boy Toby who is ATM staying with her, and he seems really good, he is back in school doing O levels now, it is a number of years since he was in school but I think he likes it.

She said he was up for an interview with the head, the head asked "So tell me about...?", Toby replied, the head grinned and said "Welcome"

Well

The time I posted this wasn't actually as late as it sez, I am trying to practice with pretending

Lord, well after that "pretend" up late post I over slept this morning as if I was really posting here at that time of the night

Fear

But I am a bit scared about tomorrow....

Toby

And Julie is bringing that handsome Toby chap to see me tomorrow, so a)my parents are pleased to see Toby, and b)they are going to take us all out for dinner, hopefully

Dentist

So I was able to phone the Taxi that I had booked to the dentist 20 mins before it was due to come here as my parents had arrived. Once we found the flipping dentist I went in, she just did one filling today but next time I think I will be able to handle 2. My next appointment isn't for a month, but hopefully by then all this other stuff re my claim will be done and dusted

But why are my parents here..... because I am being assessed tomorrow!!

And it seem at last as if my lips are back to normal, and there is no pain. So "Hooray"

...Healthy, Wealthy and Wise

So I woke up and got up at 7.30 s'morning. Loads on today. Dentist and my parents coming to see me too

Parental

And I have just spoken to my Dad and he said that both my parents should be here tomorrow because of the important person coming to see me on Friday. But un~flipping~fortunately I will probably be at the dentist when they get here

Mouse

And today, for the first time in 7½ years I was using my mouse in my right hand, like I used to. It flipping hurt etc but a little practice each day

PDH

Aargh, off to the PDH in a bit, I hope it is as effective as a very effective thing

Gosh and yes it was and I had to come back early instead of waiting for hours like usual

And I realized when walking there that I needed to shorten my walking stick by one button, suddenly it is much easier to walk more properly without it sticking out miles

Alarm clock

So this morning when my alarm clock went off (Yes, I was already up and awake) I opened the lid of my mobile phone/alarm clock was about to press the "off" button when I realized that my alarm clock had stopped. Puzzled I just tried putting it away again. And as predicted by me in 10 minutes it went off again, this time I pressed the "Stop" button

Gosh

And I was so exhausted last night that I went to bed about 10.30 so I woke up and got up this morning 45 minutes before my alarm clock went off

Scared

So tomorrow I am going to the Day Hospital again for my Physio and again I am leaving my wheelchair here, walking and getting in my taxi etc etc

Quarter to four

So as I am actually gonne chop stuff up etc, properly cook, I am gonna have my wheelchair back now

Crisis

So just now I went into the kitchen to prepare some lunch. I turned on the tap to wash my cup first and nothing happened. I tried the hot tap again nothing. So I called a Member Of Staff. He said "Yes, I have just been on the phone to Welsh Water and apparently there was a burst pipe in Johnstown, they are trying to fix it ATM"

So no-one local to here has a tap that works

Higher up

And I was trying to type with my right hand (too) today and I thought it was much to far up to reach with my "not working properly" arm. So I stood up and managed to find the handle that I didn't know was on my chair and it is much better and easier now

Freya

And usually on a Tuesday I would have a visit from that beautiful Freya but this week, as she's away on Dance Camp

Walk

Well today I have been walking everywhere since I got up this morning, so lets see how long it continues, will I be able to do as much as Sunday?

Right hand sweep

Well, yesterday I thought "The floor needs sweeping" but as I was walking everywhere I couldn't manage it. Today I am in a wheelchair so I swept the floor. Then I got the little dustpan and brush which is usually a struggle to use, with the dust pan balanced on one foot etc. BUT today I swept with my right hand for the first time in 7¼ years. It wasn't fully effective but I managed, I did it!!

Shop

Well I got a Taxi to (More reason to shop at) Morrisons, got everything I need, had a bit of a look around and chose another soup to try too.

While I was shopping I looked around more and thought "Wow, better try that" because I have found grating or slicing cheese to be a big hassle. The only issue I have is after opening eat within 3 days but I will make a couple of pizza's and sandwhiches, as long as they are close together

Not walking

So as I walked everywhere yesterday, as I am a bit knackered, and I have to take my 'chair to the shop s'morning I just figures out "Lets walk tomorrow"

Sound

I had to reinstall Winamp video tonight that was fine, now I can see video's again. But it wouldn't play music, so I couldn't put it on and go to bed. It said that my sound card was f*cked. I tried for about half an hour then had to ask for help. He tried for about 15 minutes then gave up and tried "unupdating" which took about 10 minutes then my sound was coming again, hoo flipping ray

But then I had to install "watching video" again.

Aargh

Feck

Well, it's now after 10 o'clock and I have succeeded in making it redundant

Tired

Amd when I am walking 5 or 6 hrs more than I managed in the past walking is just hard, end of. It's very hard now

Big walkies

Well it's now half way between dinner time and bed time and I am still walking everywhere, I haven't been on my wheelchair all day

YES

And for the first time in over 7 years I have stood up and cooked all my meals today. AND THEN I did my washing up, still standing. It did feel hard but I managed. So now I am sitting in my PC seat once again, wondering if I will be able to walk everywhere tonight too, and therefore make my wheelchair redundant?

Sunday Walk

So I have been walking everywhere since I got up this morning and it is about the time when I used to stop. (???) Yes, it is now harder to walk than it was this morning but today I am gonna try to make my evening meal from an upstanding position to practice. if I suck seeds it will be the first evening meal that I am still walking for in 7¼ years. In a bit I will have to start cooking.....

I think 4PM is as late as I have managed to walk, that's in 10 minutes and I am not gonna stop today

AND I DID IT!!!

Sunday Blo*dy Sunday

So what should one do on a Sunday?? As I am not one of these "Go to church and pray" types what shall I do, as I am stuck here
At least I am stuck here walking everywhere today but.....

Walking

Well I woke up and got up at 7.15 this morning and walked from my bedroom into the kitchen first thing.......

And after walking today it seems that my left leg has remembered this "walking properly" routine, moving forward as far as my other leg

But it seems to have forgotten some if I try to walk with no walking stick, it is a much shorter pace, or a much more wobbly scary one if I am concentrating, if I use my walking stick it remembers again