Pub

Going To The Pub For Drinks

HNY

To one and all, I am off out in a bit so....

And we went off to pub and had a lovely time, seeing loads neighbours etc

And Good Lord

And I looked online and searched for some way of making txt from K-9 Mail client be bigger, readable.

And it f**king worked!!!

It was

And it is now#

Diabetes

So I went to the (beautiful) Doctor's s'morning and got the results of my blood test. She said I have immanant diabetes. Possibly I will be able to control it with eating carefully and drinking less

Hopefully I can control it like this and avoid medication

And she said I need another blood test....

Michael

So the news about Brain Injury is in the news now...

Just shit, shit shit that it had to happen to someone but hooray that it is getting less unfamiliar

Shopping

And me and SmallPaul went out to Morrison's today where we didn't have to buy as much as some weeks but we still shopped

Clean Up

And we took down the Christmas tree today to make my living room look a bit normal again...

But 12 days? Well 4??

DVD

Then we had to go to That Tesco Place and spend £6.50 on ten DVDs which we had to use 4 of making a Recovery Disk Set in case my PC explodes or summat

First Thing

And I got off my sheets etc and put them on to wash even before breakfast or a cuppa s'morning....

Quiet Day

Quiet Day today....

Toaster

Then later we first of all went to That Tesco's Place looking for a toaster that would take the whole bita bread, couldn't find one, they were all boxed and the staff couldn't help, so then we headed down to Curry's, went upstairs in the groovy lift then found the toasters. We bought one that looks an improvement so....

Belated Shopping

So because gym was on holiday today we were able to leave Aardvarking until 3.30ish, much more civilised

Quiet Day

Quiet day today after all the Xmas confusion. My parents txted my to tell me they got home so......

Bye bye

And after all the quiz commotion we all came back here and had a cuppa. Then I said "Farewell" to my visitors, they will be getting off early in the morning so I won't see them.

It wasn't as bad a visit as I expected. Come to think of it when they started social visiting I couldn't even sit up in bed buy now I have just learned to walk with the very clever FES device

Out For Lunch again

We have just been out for another lovely lunch. So we left the pub about 4pm so "they" went off leaving me and GarethTheCleverClogs to come back here. Imminent nap etc then we are going out to the local to do a quiz

And all 6 of us went down to the pub and did the Christmas quiz for the second year running. Last year we came 2nd last, this time we were 3rd from 8. So next year we should win

Dinner

And the Christmas dinner was a bit lovely, even if I did think "WTFs that" upon reading the menu but it was worth it. Now I am napping and Alex is taking Gareth to get the troops and Sam's girlfriend

And I did that walking in thingy again, walked half way across carpark, up the hill into place, then miles to table

And he is now taking them away again, back home, we had a very pleasant Christmas

Xmas

So my parents and bruv's came over and passed pressies etc.

There is now a pile of presents marked Sam, Emme, Toby and Freya.....

Breakfast Watching

I was watching the end of Breakfast while having a late breakfast and they had all celebs wishing us a Happy Christmas. One chap said "Remember if that relative is pissing you off it's only for one day"

Manyana

So tomorrow morning I have to phone them and say "Up" then they are gonna come over and "do" Christmas

On The Way

So they are in Carmarthen already, my Mum, Dad, big bro and little bro. They are waiting for me to phone 'em and say "Napped" then they will come out and see me

I am waiting for Ed to finish in the loo, come out and put my FES on me then I will phone 'em

And we went out and had a lovely, but a bit big, meal. It was more civilised than I thought, quite good

But when we got there, parked half a car park away, I got out of the car, switched my FES on, and walked across the 'park, into the hotel, all the way through to our table. I can walk so much further with FES, I have gotta practice loads because it is excellent

Dinner

And for dinner tonight we had Quorn pretend meat pies(1) and posh microwavable mashed potatoes. It contains some carrot mash and another veg but it is good too. But it is me learning to experiment, I haven't had Couscous or Supernoodles since Monday and the dinners have been lovely (and easy too - which matters a lot more to me now)

(1) Which I sort of object to pretend meat things, us veggies should like vegetables but they are actually quite delicious too

FESing

When we were in town we were a bit distracted by weather etc but before we went I was walking about the house with my FES on, and just how pleased am I. It works incredibly on my wonky ankle to the extent someone told me off for running before I could walk as I was holding my walking stick up off the ground, not using it at all

Ooh Hello

And when we were looking about town for the pirate, in the rain, someone said "Hello" and it was Sam and Emma. I couldn't be sociable as I was cold and wet but it was good to see them anyway

Shopping before Xmas

So in today's list of things to do is a trip out to the mobility shop in Carmarthen to buy a new cover for my bath lift device.

When we are there shopping I may as well go shopping for a new pirate for my model ship that we glued t'other day 

Yes, so first thing s'morning we went into the mobility shop and had to order a new part. She hopes it will be delivered about a week after Christmas then they will phone me and I can collect it. Luckily Paul refitted the old one s'morning.

Next we went and bought some sugar for my visitors to have in a coffee

Then we went pirate shopping, we found one in the third shop we looked in but now it looks better again

Brian

And Julia's Dad came to see me today, which was nice. I must have made some impression on him the years me and his daughter went out

Gordon B

Oh, watching telly over breakfast and it reminded me summat that I had forgotten, Gordon Brown became PM after Blair

Using My Right Hand

And using my right hand to move breakfast from trolley to table is still harder than using my left hand but it is 10 times easier than it used to be

Bonus

And for some reason Panasonic sent me a £30 cheque today, which was nice

Caps Lock

And I have just noticed that if the Caps Lock on my PC is switched on there is a little light at the corner of the button so you can know it's on when looking at the keyboard

Shortest Day

So today is the shortest day of the year, tomorrow it starts coming back longer again (OK, not by much but it starts)

FESing....

I suspect that I will try wearing my FES device to Gym today.

I have owned it for a week but haven't worn it in anger yet as I have had an infection

Well I have fitted it and tried it. Wait and see....

Well it seems OK, I have taken it off now we are back but my leg did feel better with it on. Towards the end I felt funny but upon taking it off we saw that the wire had got under the sticky pad so perhaps that's why. But for a first run it felt OK

Aardvarking

So we went and bought loadsa food and drinks s'morning

It was raining on the way there, we bought some utterly healthier food etc and it had stopped raining on the way out

Trying to tell us summat...

Best

So I haven't had too close a look yet but my foot does seem fully better now

But after coming back from gym Ed examined my legs and said "They are up a bit" so we will have to put them up for an hour s'afternoon

Iechyd D-ing

And tonight is the Christmas Folk Night at Iechyd Da, a week earlier this month but me and Freya are going together

And it was a bit entertaining. And Freya's Mum was in town so we didn't even need to take her miles home

Tired

So we had a session with Sara at the gym today, we started off on the bike and treadmill then worked our way around various moving weights in various ways machines. 

Gosh I was there for ages working at it today

Snowy

And when we left to see Sara there was snow/sleet on the ground, about half an inch thick. Thankfully it has gone by now

Better Still

And my feet/legs are better still s'morning. My legs both look as small as normal and my right foot seems perfect and my left foot just a little bit puffy. I took the last of my antibiotics s'morning so hopefully it is all finished

Swelling

So my feet and legs look much less swollen even today, so fingers crossed etc

OIAB

<sigh> So we are off swimming in a bit....</s>

And it was actually OK, apart from..... no it was OK

Nice Dinner

And tonight we had the first of my "easy prepare carbohydrates" with dinner and it was a bit delicious

YetAnother Morrison's Trip

So after dinner we are gonna head to Morrison's and buy some glue to try and stick together my now dead model of a pirate ship

Sigh

So I txted Sam s'morning and said "Won't be there today", she txted me back and said "GWS". THEN I txted her again and said "Second opinion, c u later, I will be there today"

And wow, that has done me good. My feet are much less swollen after half an hour exercising, like much less

Shopping

So I asked Timmy to take me to Morrison's (again) tonight and we looked for easy prepare carbohydrate. So I can branch out from Couscous or Super Noodles and they actually had a load for those of us who can't peel potatoes

Quiet And Doctors

So we had a quiet afternoon followed by a(nother) visit to the doctors. The Doc looked at my legs, said "Needs blood flow" and described me sitting with my feet up. For the rest of the week, if it is still swollen then we will go for scrapy things to find out where the infection is from

Shopping

Then straight after Dentist we went to Morrison's (Yes, we had taken shopping bags to Dentist too) to do my weeks shopping

Dentist

So s'morning I have to go to the dentist...

Ho-flipping-ray.....

And it was actually quite pleasant. I just had two small fillings to top up previous work and because it was minor work she didn't even need to inject me

Dentist

So tomorrow morning I have to go to the dentist.

Hoo-flipping........

Poohing For Wales

So s'morning I was eating my breakfast and I thought "Oh, I need a pooh", considered it and decided that it was OK to stay eating and not pooh. Immediately that I had finished breakfast I got involved in a technical crisis with Timmy so I couldn't go to the loo for about 3 hours

I was learning again, in the past, since my accident, I felt imminent pooh and thought "Must go, now", but today I was learning that just because I need a pooh doesn't mean it is leaking out

POP3/IMAP

So I asked Timmy to HELP again s'morning, I explained the crisis with sending plain text emails from my phone and he sorted it, after much looking, big style. He changed the messages from POP3 to IMAP which I don't understand at all but now I can read/reply on my phone and I still get them on my PC

Strange Dream

I went to bed last night and dreamt that some MOS was talking to me and they said "So you wanna live independently?", I said "YES", and they found somewhere for me to live. It was just like where I live now, independently

Missing You Already

And Paul is now off for over a week 'cos he is taking his son to Lapland to see Santa at the weekend, at his MIL's expense

Quiet Day

So I made Paul change my bed before he left today and there in not much else to do, a quiet day today. But looking in my diary, I have an appointment with the dentist on Monday morning - hoo-flippin'-ray

New Loo Seat/Switch

And I had a poo s'morning and pressed the lever for a full/big flush and it worked

Hospital

And first thing today we have to go to hospital to be checked out

Well, we went to the hospital, met Denyse then waited for ages. While we were waiting they took my blood pressure and weight. Eventually Dr Rice invited us in. Basically he said that they had done loads of tests and most of them were fine, but he said that my testosterone levels were a bit low. He offered me some replacer cream, said it might or might not work but did I want it. After a discussion of pros and cons I said yes, so he is gonna write to my doctor and after Xmas I shall contact them and ask for a testoso-gel stuff 'script

Then we came back home with Denyse following us, she came in, had a brew and discussed the testo-stuff and also said that the "monitoring what you eat" thingy isn't working and I should delete it

Afterwards I made an appointment with Denyse for next year, in abut a month I will see her

But because we were so late back today I missed Sam and her gym class

iPad Crisis

So we came back from taking Freya home and the iPad had frozen, no buttons did anything, even the switch off button. About 20 minutes later I found about the third set of instructions that I had looked at on my phone and after much holding buttons together for 20 seconds etc it came back to normal

Loo

So we nipped to a public loo earlier, I went in, thought "OK" and took my bumbag off before sitting down and sat it in the sink.

Automatic taps came on and drenched it all

Fredumpkins

And we picked up Freya on the way to the Drs then took her to Frankie & Benny's for dinner as I couldn't be bothered cooking after a stressful day. Since we arrived at my house she has been fixated on the PC

Docs

So we went to the Drs s'afternoon. She said my blood test results showed imminent diabetes which I already knew and we asked her all about my legs and she said "No, make a proper appointment" whhich we did, it will be in the new year now 

What A Morning

Aargh. What a morning.

Firstly. We nipped to the Drs, picked up a script for Diprobase cream, made an appointment to see about my swollen legs (that I have had 2 antibiotics for so far, they are much better but still a bit wonky), and asked about my blood tests, they said ask the Dr s'afternoon, there is summat.....

Then we went to chemist and cashed in my 'script.

We were on the way to Trysordy to do voluntary work when the landlady phoned and said "Are u in, plumber's here" so we came straight home and let them in. o they fixed the leak and the loo now had=s 2 flush modes, poo and piss, or full flush and miniflush

So we will pick Freya up about 4 s'afternoon, take her for a brew and bun then head to Drs then come back here and eat afterwards

Happy Chappy

So I was tired tonight but I thought "Try looking again" so I searched again for "Free html editor 2 views", I don't know what was different tonight but the second reply led me to www.htmlkit.com/ where they had a free last years version and it seems to fit all my preconceptions.

I will be able to tell you better when I have done a few pages (1) but for now.....

(1) Seem good so far....

Pissing

So today while the landlord was here I went to the staff loo. And they don't have a lifty up thingy on the top so I was able to have a pee standing up. The first I have managed in some months 

Praise

So the landlord and his wife came round to look at my cistern and she said 'I haven't seen you for a year and you are so much better'

And they didn't fix the loo, took a part away to get a new one....

They came back, fixed that part and the part underneath started leaking. So it's switched off and they hope to be back tomorrow with a plumber in tow....

Dear

And I got out my clothes and towels etc, Alex packed the bag for me, we went to swimming pool and discovered he had packed my bag without swimming trunks, so we had to leave and come home

Out

So then we nipped to gym, which is all moved into a different room. I did longer on the treadmill before bicycling as it went better that way round

And on the way home from Gym we went to that Tesco's place and didn't buy any food or drink but I found another warm fleece type garment and bought that. I object to buying in Tesco's but I don't know where else to look

Late Lunch

But because we had a late breakfast s'morning I couldn't eat lunch at normal time

So we had a late dinner....

Out&About

Then after breakfast me and Alex headed into town to get some more mouthwash and special bulbs for my bedside table. While we were in the bulb shop I noticed a pirate model and had to buy one

Blood Test

So before breakfast I had to go to the doctors to have a blood test.

I was so nervous I neglected my opportunity to flirt with the nursey

Better

And my feet are as small as they were b4 infection so...

Breakfastless

And I can't have a cuppa or any breakfast in't morning. We have to go to the Drs first thing and she is gonna take some blood then we will come back and I can have breakfast

Downloading

So I had a play with the version of ....shh.... that Stupot sent me and then I downloaded Arachriphilia as recommended by Mike and it looks promising so far

Right, more, I downloaded BlueGriffon as recommended by Liam and it is my favourite so far

Well, just no to them all, I got more and more pissed off with them all. So I  downloaded a fresh version of PageBreeze which still isn't perfect but it is now 17 times quicker than the old version

Sara-ing

So Sara phoned me s'morning and said "When and where?", I explained that gym was too much hard work because of my infections, so she came here to do loadsa practice, including a step and walk on narrow device which I managed

Good Hat

As we were leaving the house s'morning Gareth called 'Hello' to the new neighbours. They looked round, laughed and said 'Good hat', his Christmas one

Busy Morning

So we went to Morrison's first thing today and bought another weeks food.

In a bit we are off to gym to see The Beautiful Sara and see if she can up my exercises

Snooker

And we have both been watching the snooker all night tonight.

Gosh it's exciting

Getting Better Again

And my leg seems a lot better even than yesterday. I have got 3½ days of antibiotics left to take so hopefully it actually will be better when I finish them, again

Quiet Day

We went to the Leisure Centre to ask them if it will be open tomorrow, went into town to see if the pub will be feeding us on Boxing Day, had a cuppa and went around the market for a look and bought myself a new hat when I was there, it matches my face.

Watching snooker tonight

Friends Again

So me and Freya were together tonight, for the first time since I pissed Freya off by not telling her the truth about why I couldn't make it last week

Today started off with Freya having to get stuck in and put up my Xmas tree for me

Then we we't out and ate dinner as a way of me saying sorry

Aargh Ripping

And someone leant me a Sigue Sigue Sputnik CD so I thought "Oh, rippings easy" but then I recalled I haven't ripped out under Windows 8.

I found it in the end....

Xmas Arrangements

And we made more Xmas arrangements today. That Paul chap was here so he said "This and this..." then phoned my Mum, spoke to her for ages then I spoke to her.

Lordy, I think it is coming together, this Xmas with my whole family thing

And we said to Mum, shall we phone restaurants and tell 'em extra person but she said "No, I have done it already"

Snooker

Aaaaaa, I watched the semi final of the GB championship tonight. They were playing first to 9 frames. So one chap was leading 8:3 earlier today, then it went 8:4, then 8:5, then 8:6, then 8:7 and he finally won a scary final frame 9:7 to be in the final. Just wow to both of them tonight

Mmmmmm

And I had my usual Friday night dinner of naan bread pizza and chips tonight. Gosh, I am so impressed with naan pizzas, they are delicious

Better

And I have noticed that getting out of the car is easier again today with more antibiotic. It just needed a day or 3 afterwards 'til I had actually finished etc

Try It

And I think as my leg feels better again that I might try the FES for walking at gym today

Well we have put it on now, it is a bit cumbersome but I think it works, I have ust walked to the loo and back and it feels good.

My swelling was down enuf to try it

And when we got to gym the room was a mess and no class. Which I did grin at but I wanted to try my FES and I thought there would be a class somewhere else but apparently not

House

This house for sale arrived in my inbox and it doesn't look too bad, providing there is not a step up to the front door

We drove past, it looks lovely but there is a step up to the front door. Dunno about the back tho...

Out&About

So we had to go out s'morning to Aardvark and Morrison's (again) to try and stock up on food for Freya who is coming on Saturday as she was busy on Thursday and get my general Aardvark shopping too

HTML Crisis

And I got well stuck trying to do my HTML work today, I tried to do too much and not having an editor where you can check your work made it impossible

Botoxing

And I am off next to have my Botox injection to help me walk etc. I haven't been able to have my FES fitted since I got it as I have been on antibiotics for swollen legs but hopefully it is all finished now

AND no. After a conference they decided to phone 'em and make another appointment in January for my Botox, instead I went to the Drs and got more antibiotics, another week. We said it is so much better can we continue with the same so another week without Whiskey and month and a half without Bioness

Chopper

And about 10.30 s'morning Linda Smith - the toe chopper came around and did another good job sorting out my toenails

Trousers Off

So I was talking to my Mum yesterday and she said "Take your trousers off when you go to bed, help keep infections down". I thought "Erm..." and tried it last night.

I think I started keeping my trousers on because it used to be so difficult taking them on/off as it used to be hard balancing etc

I tried last night and it had become easy again so I guess I'd better change my going to bed habits and actually take my trousers off

New Windows 8

And we spent 6 - 8 hours today downloading a new version of Windows 8. So far it seems almost identical apart from a start button in the corner. Which doesn't bring up useful stuff like it used to but the same picture menu that the not button got before. It was such a large download that there must be loads of differences but that's the only one I have noticed so far

It's OK learning how to use 8 but it is way different, much more than between versions in the past

Alarm Clock

So I remembered to ask Timmy how to set my alarm clock into night-time mode, so no phone calls etc while I am asleep. I tried setting it in night-time and setting my second alarm, the one that I use to wake me up in the afternoon. No good, it was silent night-time mode. But upon investigation further we discovered that you can set the proper alarm clock more than once a day, which will go off and wake me up. So my alarm is still set for 8AM Monday to Friday and another alarm will go off in the afternoon to wake me up from sleep mode, so I can set my alarm-clock to not behave like a phone until I get up

Fark

And Timmy insists that I try this swimming thing again today. So in a bit we are off.....

DoubleFark - it was actually OK. The steps that I get in and out on were broken so they had to use a hoist to get me in and out but it went well after that. We did loadsa walks, exercises, swimming etc. and got a "proper" changing room

55/5

<sigh>
Remembering this morning too
</s>

Snooker

And for the last few days I have been watching snooker on't telly. I used to be a fan about 20-25 years ago and I haven't really watched it in between. But I may be becoming a fan again

Gymnastics

Then s'afternoon I put on boots and socks and went to the gym to do exercises. I think today we learned that my second treadmill after cycling for 10 min. was too difficult for my right foot, so perhaps we should just do one, longer, treadmill session at the beginning

Panicy Morning

What a performance. A few days ago my laptop in the bedroom stopped connecting to the interweb. Gareth had a look yesterday to no avail, so TechnoTimmy got stuck in today. He had to tell it to get back to last weeks mode etc etc. We have been in there for a couple of hours but it works again now.

Phew

And I went back and switched it on just to check later and it immediately got on the 'net

55/5

So just after 10 o'clock I stood up in the living room and walked to the bathroom and back, twice. So I will have to do that after 11 and 12 and......

And just after 11 now too

Well, I neglected the earlier walk, nearly lunchtime etc and now I am going off for my bath etc

Well I think it is night time now so I may be excused

Tea Time Shopping

So about 5 o'clock today me&Gareth finally headed out to Morrison's. I had in my head buy 1 or 2 SuperNoodles etc but they had buy 5 and get money off so I filled my cupboards a little more than intentioned

Hygenist

So I had to go to the hygienist at the dentist today. She was able to tell that I haven't brushed my teeth for 2 or 3 weeks just using mouthwash so that has to change. But apart from that she was reasonably happy just noticed that one small filling has come out for no reason so I have made an appointment in a fortnight to have that seen to

Denyse-ing

So Denyse came in s'morning to check up on Alex and while she was here said her husband works for a company and they say "55, 5" meaning after 55 minutes sat on the PC you need to walk about for 5 minutes and I have agreed and taken that on board, so every hour I walk up and down the house

Another AAARGH

And my PC crashed s'morning, so I had to switch it off and on again then it was asking me for a password to start which I haven't had to enter for ages so I had forgotten. On about the 27th try I was at last able to use my PC

Autoshutdown

And I have managed to reinstall Autoshutdown in this new PC too.....

Search Engine

Aargh, my default search engine had changed, we couldn't change it back until we got into Control Panel and deleted the add on dearch thingy, now it is back to normal

Shut Down

As the mouse on the RHS of the screen to bring up a shut down dialogue wouldn't work again tonight I investigated further. So all I need to do is remember (which may be why I am writing about it here) to press ALT then F4 and that will either shut down whatever programs I am using or bring up a shut down dialogue

Sheet

Well I am watching telly now and they are talking about the disaster in Glasgow again. Just aargh

Well

So last night I downloaded and installed Solitaire on my phone.

So today I was in the loo, having a poo, and playing Solitaire at the same time

The term happy chappy springs to mind

Scar

And today, while I was in the bath, I noticed (like I do every day) the size of the scar on my left knee. It was caused during 'my accident'. But that scar is so big and my left leg is the one that works. My right knee, with no scar that I can see is the one that causes my dependency on a wheelchair

Losing Weight

And I have lose 6 or 7 pounds since I was last weighed a fortnight ago. The start of a long process.....

Ahhhh

And I had to ask Ed what to clean my iPad screen with and he went and got one of the things that I moved between drawers today and thought "What are those for?" Ah they clean the screen well

New HTML Editor

Well I was getting well peeved that PageBreeze was getting well complex and not just remembering stuff, so I downloaded CoffeeCup Free Html Editor and it doesn't seemso wonky

Roll Your Trousers Up

And my trainee nurse MOS came in today, looked at the swelling on my legs and said "Roll your trousers up to keep it cool" so....

And after my bath and nap he felt that they were a bit better so....

Lie In

So last night I didn't wake up for a pee 'til about 7.30 s'morning. I thought "Shall I stay up or..." went back to bed and didn't wake up 'til half past nine. A lie in...

Ho-fscking-hum

And it is Friday night, I have been well busy this week, and I can't have a drink to celebrate as I am on fscking antibiotics

Windows 8

And I am sort of getting used to Windows 8, sort of, it feels strange

Lunchtime Gym

Then we went back to gym, we told Sam that I couldn't do various stuff (1) but I still didn't rest for an hour

(1) Because of my infected foot

Morning, what a

And Timmy moved one desk into the others place s'morning. Had to unplug everything and feed it back through the small "cable tidy" holes. Phew it looks loads better now

Phew

And my swollen leg looks still a bit swollen but much smaller today

What A Day

What a day #27

First of all s'morning we drove to Swansea and was fitted with my new FES. It seems impressive if a little complex. HTF that Paul can pass on details of how it fits etc

Then we rang the Doctors to make an emergency appointment for later as my foot was swollen again

Then we came back here and had lunch, during which the chappy phoned me from the desk sellers to say "It's here"

So after lunch we headed over to get the desk, me riding in Paul's van. Which I can now get in and out of without a breeze block to get up on

Then we took his van with desk in t'back to Drs, sat in his waiting room for 3/4 of an hour, told them about the swelling etc and they gave me more antibiotics for a f***ing week.

Then Julia phoned me to say that Freya was upset that I wasn't going to Iechyd Da tonight, she thought I was being selfish but I actually haven't had time for a nap today etc

Gord

We have started....

And finally finished the first bit, what a day. And how different it is too

A Smidge Excited

So I came out of the kitchen into my living/computer room after tea and as I caught site of tomorrows excitement I nearly cried

X-r-cise

And I finished the day off (1) with an hour in't gym, doing treadmill, cycling, weights and more treadmill, to get my fitness up.

(1) It was dark when we came out at a quarter to five, the day was finished

Poohing

Yes, Neil, just because you are aware of needing a pooh it doesn't mean now. Like you realised 3/4 of an hour ago when you thought "Oh..." and you still haven't been...

On It's Way

My new PC is on it's way, apparently.....

And gosh it arrived. I am leaving the box unopened 'til TechnoTimmy comes in tomorrow but it is here now

Busy Busy Day

First of all the chap came to fix my 'chair. He said "Erm..." but figured out how to do it. And he told us how to tighten the wheel when it comes off

Then we went to Morgan&Morgan and got a new desk. They said they will phone me on Thursday if it arrives then me and Paul can take his van to the shop and pick it up. Hopefully

Then Sara came to gym with me and said "Do this, try this...." had a conference with Sam and so on
Then we came back here for a late lunch, bath and nap

And then (more hopefully) we are heading oner to Staples in Swansea to pick up a 2 drawer filing cabinet, which may fit under the desk

And it is still only half past two!!!

And yes, we did head over to Swansea in the end, then got stuck in rush hour traffic big style, but when we finally reached the shop (in panic mode, it was so late) it turns out that it was open 'til 8pm anyway. But we did the business and purchased a filling cabinet which is currently next to my desk but hopefully it will fit under the new one, which we are hopefully getting on Thursday. My new PC is arriving tomorrow and......

index.html

And I finally got index.html right, it now has big name at the top and the whole picture on screen, and a gap at the top. I think it is best, because I made the print bigger etc then made the top level, just a gap, much smaller size than the rest. OK, it might not make much sense reading this but it works for me. Text with a space above and the rest of the page fits in one screen

Fredumpkins

So Freya came over tonight to see me and for tea.

She arrived 10 minutes before I got up from nap but watched telly 'til I got up

And she felt ill tonight so we had to take her home even before Gareth had done the washing up

More Reasons

And then s'morning we had to nip to Currys to pick up anti virus super stuff for my new PC then we nipped to Morrisons as I am way busy tomorrow, with the wheelchair fixer coming followedby the physio who is coming to an extra gym session with me

Poohing

So s'morning I was about to have breakfast when I thought "Ooh, dilemma, do I need to have a pooh first or second?" In the end I thought that perhaps I would be able to eat my muesli, leave my coffee in the pot then have a pooh. But I actually ate my muesli, had my coffee, had a few (loosing) games of Solitaire, then came in and sat at my 'puter. It is now 10.30 and I haven't been for a pooh. I think I am relearning how it feels when I need one, not just "Now" like I have been feeling for some years.
I only learned how to feel like this with pissing (well to realise that I did) a few weeks ago

Mending

So in amongst all the other stuff yesterday I bought another mending kit and when I was in the bath&bed Timmy got stuck in and mended the hole that was appearing in my big warm fleece

Out

And we went out for dinner, to Frankie and Bennys in town as we both had fiver off tickets

And we bumped into Freya on the way, on her way to the cinema to see Dr Who.....

Timmy

So s'morning me and Timmy have to buy a PC online, go to shops to buy anti-virus etc.

BUT FIRST I have to make my new camera connect to the PC via WIFI

No joy on the connecting to the PC thing, there is a phone line open Mon-Fri so we will have to contact them next week

But as I am having a new PC in the next few days, wait and see

BUT we did manage this buying the PC thingy, gosh we spent loads and loads

Rugby

And we went to the pub tonight and it was rather full as Wales beat Tonga at the game of rugby

Which was nice to watch (even tho most points were scored in the first half before we arrived)

Gymming

And we (me and Ed) went to gym over lunchtime. Today I  did not have my splint on my leg so I had to extra concentrate but it just about worked.

Extra concentration with every step but I managed.

Until the very last step of the class an hour later

Aardvarking

So first thing s'morning me and Ed went and didn't buy as much as last week at Aardvark. Again I walked in until we were cuing to pay at which poing Ed brought my 'chair in the shop.

I did have a conversation with the owner about how last week there was a chap walking down the slope while I was waiting at the bottom and he said, in passing, "What a struggle it is without a handrail" so she said "OK, I will ask the builder instead of my husband..." so wait and see now

Desk Shopping

So s'afternoon me and Gareth nipped to Cross Hands on the way to Swansea looking for desks. So first of all we called into Morgan&Morgan who were closed on Sunday, last time I was looking. But I thought it was fine enough, I called off the trip to Swansea and said "Buy it here". We didn't buy anything today, we had a quote and will send it to Denyse and (more to the point) Anthony and he can get on the phone and argue down prices then pay

And Denyse has just phoned me and said "Go for it", the funds should be paid into my account in the next few days

Helping Out

So s'morning me and Gareth went to Trysordy where after a couple of hours work we are down to 12 more members entries to fill in.

So dunno if someone else might have finished it by the time I go back in 2 weeks, as I am having my new splint fitted next week.

Off In A Bit

We are off in a bit to buy a camera

What a performance. So on the way first we stopped at the docs and picked up another inhaler for me. Then we nipped to Morrison's to buy some small cheese rolls but they didn't have any. Then we drove to Swansea to Morfa Retail Park to find Currys. First of all we went into the Massive Morrisons shop to get some cheese rolls, then we went into Currys. Hayley wasn't working there today so we had to make do with a chap, but he heard what we were asking for no prob.

So we came away with a new digicam, a new USB lead, some new cards, a new case etc etc.

So when we got home I swapped USB leads and plugged it in to charge. The manual is on my PC now, just don't know what to do next. Waiting.....

What a performance. So I took a pic that was fine but I couldn't upload it. So I tried 3 times to download it, and failed every time, then SmallPaul actually read the instructions and gave me the CD with it on

Then I got the pics onto my PC but I want then going straight to the file of Pics which I think I found out how to eventually

I think I am pleased with it, when somebody is in to read the manual and instruct me further....

Gymless

So today a) we have to take the car in to be repaired and b) we are going to gym later, not to a class but just time to practice. I need that but hopefully (the beautiful) Sam will be there helping everyone, including me, I need to work on my stamina/fitness etc too

So we have done the first bit now. We took the car to Cawdor Cars and left it in, they said it will take a bit longer as it's the second service and they need to change extra stuff, so they will phone Timmy when it's done. Then we went into Wilkinson's and had a coffee and a mince pie then we got a taxi home. Later when they phone Timmy we will get another taxi back, pick up car and head to gym directly

Right, and we have done the picking up and gym now. It was a bit strange but I did 2 sessions on a treadmill and one session on a bike. Which wore me out but not too much

Aargh, brain injured

And I was watching on telly 5 minutes of a program about brain injured people in the world.

Good god but I am lucky?

Manyana

So tomorrow first of all we are gonna take the car in and leave it for repair for an hour, during that time at a guess we will be out having a coffee and a bun, at a guess
Then later in the afternoon I am going down to use the gym independently, although Sam will be supervising

Late Lunch

So we had a late lunch after the swimming, then soon to bed as I was rough then nowt to do for the rest of the day. We had Falafel's for dinner which I had bought in Aardvark at't weekend and they were delicious

Even to Gareth who had never tasted one before but liked 'em

'Wimming

Then we went out swimming in the leisure centre with Sara the physio who was trying to broaden what I do but I resisted

More Reasons To Shop At....

At about 10.30 s'morning Gareth took me to Morrison's to stock up on various food items. But I didn't get stir fry and noodles 'cos the date was too short. Possibly I will go back on Wednesday with SmallPaul. We had to go early as we were....

Better at pis*ing

So today in the car on the way back from Swansea I commented to Timmy how much longer I can wait between pisses now. It is almost/is better now, I went to Swansea, looked around shop, went for lunch and came back to Llangain before I needed a pee. Whereas a year ago we couldn't have driven the whole way to Swansea without needing to stop. He commented on how when I was in hospital I had a catheter, ever since then I have had to relearn, to teach my bladder, how to hold in pee

Out&About

Then s'afternoon I had a bit of a confusing conversation with Freya then I realised that we needed to nip to her house and pick her up. We got her and on the way to town I said "Where shall we eat?". I think Freya doesn't enjoy my cooking and so we went looking for somewhere to eat. The first place was too busy we would have to sit for at least an hour so we said "No ta" and went looking for somewhere else. It became clear why the first place was so busy, it was the only place in town open. Eventually we found somewhere else, Weatherspoons, and the food was actually really nice, at least mine was. Simple but nice

Then we took Freya home again, it was a bit early, but she would have come back here for half an hour then left

Shopping Trip

So today me and Timmy went desk shopping in Swansea, to perhaps no avail. We did go shopping for my brother who is coming over at Christmas too, before we ate lunch out

At a guess we will have to go to Ikea in Cardiff next Saturday to carry on looking at a bigger supply of desks.

Coincedentally it is Timmy who is scheduled to be working next Saturday so no problem passing information about the trip to someone else

Currys in Swansea

Then we went to the massive Curry's in Swansea. There most cameras had batteries so I was able to discuss my needs with a (beautiful) woman and we brought away a piece of paper containing all info. about this camera. So hopefully we will pass it on to Anthony then he will either buy 1 for me or (more likely, hopefully) give me the cash to buy it.

Then we went and had dinner in Pizza Hut across the way and then we were s'possed to go 5 minutes away and see Alex's band but Paul thought I looked so rough we just came home instead

One foot is cold

So I had my bath, got dried then got on my bed for a nap. None of me is undercover, it is warm enough. For all of me apart from my right leg. Which is cold from the knee down, rest of my leg is warm enough, rest of body and arms warm enough apart from my right shin (shrug).  

Shopping

So me and SmallPaul (a stranger, I haven't seen him for two weeks) nipped into Carmarthen to go shopping.

First of all we went into Curry's but most of their digital cameras had no battery, so the whole visit was useless.

Then we went to Carmarthen Camera Center which was a lot better and lookable at/playable with. I think we decided what to buy but I am a little put off. Apparently the photo will be higher quality but until I can play with it and plug it into my 'puter I won't know for sure

Blogging

And eventually me and Timmy together managed to get the width of my blog to just be one page, not having to go right or left to reach "New post" buttons

What A Difference

And we went back to gym at lunchtime and what a difference moving my right foot 5cm to the right when doing the up and down thing (OK, the down bit) has made. It is incredible, I can now get down confidently and easily.

It doesn't hurt so f*c*ing much, or at all, now

Aargh, now

And it has gone ½ an hour later....

Sigh

OK, so Mozilla Firefox is refusing to keep my bookmarks and my banking details etc so I am back to using Google Chrome, not what I wanted but the best at pres...

Fark - it's just come back

And the "Do more Blogging" button has been missing from the corner of the page all day, I have had to log out and back in again to be able to update "http://hippoin.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/team-meeting.html" but last time I looked at my blog it was there.

Shrug

 Here are the buttons, now

Team Meeting

So we are having a team meeting at pres. OK, they are, I got thrown out for interrupting again, so now I am sat at my PC with the sound of many voices coming across from their meeting in't kitchen

Afterwards Denyse is gonna come and see me and talk about houses

Which we did, we basically agreed to wait til I have a few more to look at then....

Hoo-fscking-ray

And me and Ed-weena are going to the swimming pool in a bit.

Hoo-flipping-ray

And it was actually.... actually..... <shame>OK</s>, it all went well in the pool, my stamina is much better etc. I even climbed in and out on the proper ladder, I now no longer need steps on a slope

No Interweb

And s'morning I had no Interweb connection, but my phone was still working. (So I panicked a bit.....) So I switched off & back on the router and all came back to life, both my Interweb and in the office....

More Property Snooping

Then me and Gareth went out to look at the properties we weren't able to find t'other day. One was much too far OOT but the other is added to my list of "Tell Denyse" ones

Scary

As usual I was full of joy going to gym s'morning but today I worked so much better that I finished a whole set of exercises for the first time. At the end about 7 mins before we finished I said to Sam "I've gotta sit down" and she said "No, stay up there's only a few minutes left"

And, more to the point, when I was doing my down and up again I complained about my right foot turning over in the last 4 inches and she said "Try it with your foot a bit to the right", I moved my foot just a couple of inches and it hurt much less

Wake Up Time

And I got rather confused looking at my clock today, trying to decide whether to be woken up at 4pm or 8 am. I was a bit (really) confused until I realised that my alarm clock goes off every morning and my alarm is timed separately from that

New Born

Just been watching the news and after worst typhoon in memory in Phillipines there was a woman who had just given birth. A baby and nothing to look after it with

Nowt On

And there is nowt on s'morning, I am waiting for the wheelchair fixer to come and fix my chair

And he came and said "It's broken?", checked that what we had said on the phone was correct, and said "Right, I'll order the parts..."

Then we nipped out and visited more estate agents in Carmarthen that we had missed last time. I think I am on all of their bungalow lists now

Aargh

OMfG. What a performance. So it looks like other PC's could use my links to pictures but not on my 'puter. We tried and struggled for many hours but in the end we has to install a different browser and that didn't work either. Another browser was downloaded that works now

Double good lord, more stressful-ing but I think it is all sorted now, I can click and still see it etc

Aah, good lord, it takes some getting used to. I can work it all but..... scary, different

Timmy

And me and Timmy at a guess better go sandal-shopping today. The last pair that I bought are f*cked.

They have died fastest of any of my footwear

Well, it turns out it's the wrong time of year to buy sandals. In the 3rd shop we looked at they said "Ooh, we have got a pair in the back, hang on" and fetched them for me. There was one pair like my old ones and another pair which looked way too complex etc. So I have bought another pair to wear when not wearing boots

And we bought some naan bread too, some more sweeties and some more marg 

Go Away

And after Ed had arrived this morning and done his handover it only took Alex 3½ hours to get his van started so he could go home. He needed the help of one of his friends who had to tow his van out of the parking space so it was sitting level, fill it with a gallon of diesel and try again

But Ed has his haircutting hat on today so... wait and see...

Weather

Ooh, it got a bit cold here yesterday, yes it's still cold

Out

And we went out tonight, to the pub up the road and it was a lot busier tonight, 7 or 8 people in the just drinking beer section

And they recognised me and said "Hello" too

Samless

And Sam wasn't there for Gym class today. Some chap was instructing us and he was fine although he didn't do the pressing/getting down exercise with me.

I got the impression that although most people in the class are far advanced than me they haven't had to come so far so I think he is impressed with how far I have come

But my right foot wasn't behaving today...

Aardvarking

So we went out early shopping and did out weekly shop at Aardvark, I didn't spend quite so much today but we still bought a fair amount of food

Crisis

So I was half way through making breakfast s'morning when suddenly my pot of gooseberries tipped up and spilt everywhere. I rescued the ones on the surface but had to say goodbye to the ones all over the floor.

Luckily Alex was able to pick 'em up

Isn't She Special

And that Freya came here s'afternoon, well we picked her up in town, and she came over for her dinner etc etc

Busy Morning

So after a cuppa tea we headed over to Trysordy where by now I have finished about 7/8 of the computer work, so hopefully in another week or 2 I will be back to actually doing work with the goods

How Well

And after some discussions with various MOS I am kind of thinking, how well am I compared with a number of years ago. I can think/speak etc etc.

It is just frightening when I think about how ill I used to be. I have still got a long way to go but.....

And...

And we spent most of the day driving about in the rain looking at houses

Estate Agent-ing

So as it's half a plan now me and Alex went into Carmarthen and went to 3 estate agents. They have printed off loadsa waffle and given it to us so we can look through it and decide if they have any properties that interest us

Oh yes, and while we were in town a strange man walked past and said "I enjoyed you singing last week" which was nice

Samming

And I went back to gym s'morning, even tho I was so nervous about it. We did warm up exercises then Sam said "C'mere Neil" and got me doing up and down (old link) exercises. Gosh they were so much easier today, I just bent over, prepared myself mentally and got down. For the last 3 or 4 inches of going down my right foot was protesting and turning over but I did it anyway

It Wurkz

Then today I put the pouring measures device on my new bottle of whiskey, which I bought instead of two half bottles which I have been using for a number of years as I was too scared to try pouring a whole bottle but there was no problem, I managed, so I am like a proper drinker now.

And about £6 richer too now

Denyse-ing

And then s'afternoon Denyse came round and discussed my future with me, how I am gonna about potentially buying a house, how I am definitely buying a PC and probably buying a camera, how to's, what to look at etc

Sara-ing

So Sara the physio came and worked me loads. We went for a walk together half way up the street and back. On the way back I was a bit concerned and asked Timmy to walk ahead and fetch my wheelchair back but I didn't need it, I ignored him when he came back and walked all the way to my front door

Cooking

According to Timmy it was agreed a number of weeks ago that I make special food on Sunday so we are going off in a bit to buy ingredients and devices to enable us to make Banoffee Pie and some Mushroom Stroganoff (whatever that may be) for tonight

And after lunch, before bath&nap we got started, I broke up most of the biscuits, mixed that with melted butter and spread it out in 3 small cooking tins (that we bought s'morning) and then put 'em in't fridge so it will set into the base of Banoffee

And we cheated a bit too, while we were in't supermarket buying ingred. for both things we werer half way round when we saw a packet of MixItYourself-Stroganoff so we got that and put half our shopping away again

So I am supposed to be exercising my chopping veg skills but we cheated. It wasn't my idea....

And after nap we mashed banana and put it in the pie then waited for Timmy to finish whisking the cream and we put that on.

And put them in the fridge to solidify. I haven't tasted it yet, but will after dinner

In a few minutes I am gonna start frying the onions for our Stroganoff, I chopped the mushrooms while Timmy was whisking the cream for our pies

And that was all reasonably delicious, the pies were far too much hassle to make
again but the Stroganoff was actually quite easy if a bit time consuming

Morrison's-ing

So I looked at my diary and thought "I'd better go shopping tomorrow instead of Monday, as I am busy then" but then I thought "Oh no, it's Timmy (Mr Tesco's) with me tomorrow" so I checked online (opening hours) and had to ask Gareth to come with me  tonight. So some of the stuff is a day younger 'best before' but I think I will survive

And because Gareth was looking critically at my usual purchase of two half bottles (and he pointed out how much more cash it costs, like £6 more like that) I practiced for a few moments with a whole bottle, tipping it etc and in the end I gave in and bought a flippin' enormous looking whole bottle. But I can't practice pouring it until Monday tho....

Backgammon

Then today I played Backgammon again. In the last few days I have won by two or three pieces but today I was winning by so much that I offered a double at which point my opponent gave in

Out&About

So we headed off to see if we could see the house recommended by Moishe, Llanpumpsaint, but we couldn't see it. But it does look posh etc there so perhaps further inquiries should be made

Gosh

It has thrown me a bit having lunchtime gym but it it OK.

But I was singing in public last night

Lunchtime Gym Session

Aargh, I had another gym class, again a few women told me that they can see how much better I am getting, but still doing that down and up stuff really felt uncomfortable. It is easier to get up that it was last week but still too scary

Trick/Treat

And some Trick or Treaters arrived, knocked on my door looking very scary in costumes etc. I gave them far too much cash as I have no memory of a Trick/Treat knocking on my door before

Iechyd Da

And we are off to Caffi Iechyd Da (noisy link) tonight. Me and Alex are gonna sing Blowing In The Wind (noisy link too) and I have a limerick to perform too

Oh my good lord. Various folk praised me for being in tune the whole time, just WOW

And more to the point Alex had to stand up and play guitar so he didn't have a microphone. I was the only person singing thru a microphone

That Place

So me & Alex went to Trysordy and I did a lot more computing work. I think I have finished about ⅔ of the entries, I should finish in another 2 or 3 weeks

Solitaire

‎And it was the third game before I won s'morning - the third game‎.   

written on my BlackBerry 10 smartphone

Gareth Pleased

And Gareth told me today that he had just had a txt from his business partner who had had to send the HDD off their business PC to Scotland where for about 300 quid a chap managed to find all their billing data etc. I told him, and he said "Yes, obviously", to back up the new HDD every day

Aargh

And we went swimming today, and it was half term so really busy. We couldn't get the proper double disabled changing room as it was busy etc

Trip Out

And we had to go into Carmarthen to Poundstretchers to buy a new battery for my switching off the light device. Which we did, we found some, a box of five of which only 2 are the right size. They didn't have any other way of buying it, we needed the right size so now in the spare battery drawer there is a box of 3 dunno what they will be for ones

In A Bit

Off to see Sam(antha) in a bit, which I am pleased about, but she is gonna have to make me do stuff that I haven't managed for 11 years which is pleasing too but a bit scary

Gosh. Well I saw a woman who hasn't been there for 3 weeks and she commented on how much more able than I was 3 weeks ago. Gosh, dunno but I must be getting better, she wasn't the only good comment I received today, so....

And I did that "getting down" thingy with Sam again, talk about a lot easier than I few weeks ago....

Quiet Day

And me and Gareth have got hardly nowt on today, so we will nip to Morrison's after lunch (when I have finished last weeks edibles) and get some more

Hurricane

And the weather seems faultless ATM (11.45PM) - no rain and not even a noise from the garden so I think it is windless. Wait and see....

Calm before the storm?

Apparently it is more hitting England now, Wales will be OKish....

And it missed us entirely, no wind, hardly any rain etc

Tart

And at lunchtime I got out the box containing the last piece of Apple Tart that my parents had shared with me and presented it to Timmy. He said "No ta, you eat it" Which I did, happily

Strange Memory

So Mum was over here and the news was talking about Prince George being christened. I said "I have a strange memory of names, Charles Philip Arthur George" and she said "Ah yes, Prince Charles names"

So I can't remember a year before my accident but do remember important stuff like this

Peace And Quiet

Then my parents and brother came round for an hour and talked about how my life will improve now.

Then they headed off to Bristol then flying to Belfast later, just before the hurricane hopefully

Whoops

And whoops. So s'morning my toothbrushing timer was still showing summer time. A closer and closer look found the small switch to actually change the time

Changing Time

So I need to change clocks tonight.

My PC - no automatically, my iPad - no automatically, my bedside clock - no automatically, so all I actually need to do is my wristwatch

Having just been into the bathroom I can increase my count of clocks that don't need resetting, my timer for toothbrushing says time most of the time and doesn't have a change time button

ReLearning More

And because I was talking to my brother and parents today I learned that I wasn't in 2 care homes b4 here I was in 3. I started off near Swansea, then I moved across to a brand new place where I shouldn't have been for long but they said "Potential, how has he been looked after?" and kept me there for longer, then finally to the place that I have most memory of.

Once he told me looking at pics of the second place does bring back some memories but I have no recollection of being in the first place

Parenting

So my parents (and bruv) came up before lunchtime, we nipped to the market and didn't spend too much of parents cash. Then they went off and had lunch and me and Ed came back here, had lunch then I did the bath/nap ritual. After I woke up they came back, ate some apple tart, then we went off and had a delicious dinner(1) at the pub up the street

(1) I had a nut roast which I used to be able to make but I haven't eaten one for 11 years and I can't even recall how to make it but it was lovely, with goats cheese on top too

They have gone now and are gonna come back in't morning and head off to Bristol at lunchtime and take a plane home

And they have been here because I won!!!

Oui

‎I won(/quiet.now.Neil)

written on my BlackBerry 10 smartphone

VBG

"So it's a bit disappointing not being able to brag but I won my case"

I've Won!!!

Good lord, what a stressful day. Denyse (my case manager) and some
Financial Wizard chap came to see me s'morning

They talked it through with me but basically what they were saying was
"You've won your case"

Now, seems strange to me but I do approve, they haven't said "Right
Neil - here's 75p for you for ever" but they have looked at my expenses
(my staff etc) and basically said "Here's £2.30 a year, for that and to
keep you in style, paid to you every year" so I can't brag about how
rich I am but can relax, some money will be paid to my deputy every year so I'm set up for life. So it's a bit disappointing not being able to brag but I won my case

<sings and dances with relief at last>

Not Volunteering

And we didn't go to Trysordy  s'morning as life is a bit too hectic.

Erm....

Well, my parents are coming here s'afternoon. They have to meet various solicitors etc s'morning and then they are coming here to take me and Freya out for dinner

Well they came and we saw them. It was OK, apparently they think that might be the last meeting as the process is coming to an end

No RHS

‎And I couldn't do one side tonight as Timmy had to finish cooking and therefore serve food

written on my BlackBerry 10 smartphone

Wimming

And we are off swimming in a bit - my favorite part of the day

And it went OK, we actually got a changing room with 2 showers etc

And I didn't have to do too much as they were demonstrating, so I had to do a bit of this followed by a bit of that

Sorted

And for a number of days I have had instructions for a really long winded and difficult way of adding "tags" to pictures, descriptive terms that search engines can find. I thought "It can't be this hard", remembered to ask TechnoTimmyTheBoffin s'morning and he said "Ah yes, try it like this..."

RHS again

:)

Right Hand

See being able to wrap the towel around my ‎ right hand side by using my right hand... it might not sound very important to you but it is to me, I am getting better

written on my BlackBerry 10 smartphone

Aargh

Well, I had to ask Timmy for some big computer assistance but it all seems fixed half an hour later

Basically I didn't know why my email wasn't working and I still don't but Timmy The Boffin fixed it

RHS

‎Well I remembered s'morning

written on my BlackBerry 10 smartphone

Sigh

So I am off to do that down/up thing again with Sam in a bit

And gosh it was still "Don't try thisy" but in the once I did it it was easier than last Friday which was in turn easier than last Tuesday.

A pattern seems to be emerging

Forgot

Aargh, I forgot entirely to transfer my food with my right hand, as it looked so delicious I was a bit excited so completely forgot

Doctors

I went to see the Doctor today.....

Again

And I got my food from the pusher and back with my right hand again.

VBG

Sara-ing

And Sara came in today and repeatedly gave me the same advice about walking, hopefully it will sink in in the end. We discussed FES and my Bioness etc too

Crosswording

And me and Gareth got stuck into the Guardian quick crossword last night and completed it. 100%

RHS

I managed to set my trolley to the right hand side of my table again s'morning. My bowl of muesli was heavy but I managed it.    

written on my BlackBerry 10 smartphone

(link to yesterdays first time)

Out&About

‎So me and Gareth nipped out and drove about until we found a shop that sold ice cream tonight, as it was getting dark

written on my BlackBerry 10 smartphone

Aargh

And my BT account wasn't working, either my email or my BLOG, but in the end, after a couple of hours being as grumpy as sin I made it work again

Ooh

And today for the first time in 12 years I put my tray to the right hand side of my table and passed empty plates onto it‎ with my right hand

written on my BlackBerry 10 smartphone

Using It

Then later I cooked pizzas for tea which were as delicious as I have come to expect. But as a new tube had to be opened today I was using my new tube squeezer and it seems to work well and leave no mess.

So :)

And it works properly, almost no left behind etc etc

Shopping

And we went to town to pick up loads of Listerine Mouthwash stuff and some more Xmas pressies

It Didn't Work

So gym at lunchtime didn't go so well. She did my kneeling down exercises again but they felt harder today, my Botox is wearing off, I think I need somemore.

Hoo-flipping-ray

First Thing

So first thong s'morning we nipped to Aardvark, parked putside, walked all around the shop, got some proper muesli this week and walked to the till, paid standing up and walked back outside to my 'chair

Windy

And we were watching an episode of Trumpton about Windy Miller and Windy said "We must whistle for the wind", so I whistled a brief tune and then they repeated the same tune back. So I can remember how to whistle for the wind even after all my injuries etc‎

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Out

And we hadn't planned to but now we are all going out to Cafe Iechyd Da to watch a band of chaps who are at school with Freya‎

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Gosh, the first hour was a couple speaking to each other in Welsh, just talking so it was a bit dull but when the band came on they were very good. All sung in Welsh but well good playing etc

Voluntary Work

So me and Gareth nipped up the road to Trysordy where I did more entering members data into their PC

Warm enuf

So weather was supposed to be turning wintry this week.‎ Which is why I had to take off my fleece tonight, and I checked the radiators, no heating hadn't  been on tonight

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Later

So then after their meeting and lunch me and Paul went out looking for another cheap Persil, ie not from Morrison's or Tesco. We wanted summat else too but that shop was shut

Weather's Changed

So when "they" all arrived s'morning it was windy and pouring with rain. By now (when they are still sat in't kitchen)  there is a cloudless blue sky and almost no wind

All Here

So ATM, in my kitchen, having a meeting about me there is Denyse, SmallPaul, Gareth, Alex, Ed, and Timmy

A bit intimidating....

Nowt

And I had nowt on my diary for the rest of the day, just recuperating. So today I have mostly been sitting here listening to Timmy cleaning up the whole house, corners and all, as Denyce and others are coming for a meeting tomorrow morning

Sigh

So I had to get up extra early s'morning so we could go out and sit stationary in school traffic waiting to get past. Eventually we made it to the Priory Day Hospital at Glangwili General Hospital where they grinned at me and gave me a cuppa tea. Eventually the nurse was trying to take blood from my arm, no chance. So she tried to take blood from my other arm, still no chance. Eventually they had to take it from my hand, where she left a  small tap in so she didn't have to find a vein next time. Then they injected me with stuff, then I had another cuppa and waited for half an hour before she opened up my tap and took a second blood test

After all the scary unsettling stuff we headed into M&S for a brew and bun, and then I found the rest of my Christmas presents, so I have just about finished my Christmas shopping

Swimless

As I was trying to find an excuse not to go swimming today I was very glad when Timmy said "Oh bother, as my missus put the bag in't car s'morning I have no swimming stuff"

I am slightly perplexed as we have to go to hospital quite early tomorrow (so no gym) as I am gonna have 'short syncathen test' to test my adrenal gland etc

More Reasons To Shop At...

So instead of tomorrow like it was in my diary me and Alex nipped to Morrison's (noisy) and did my shopping. I have to think harder as I am feeding Timmy on Monday and Tuesday so I had to be extra 'best before' vigilant.

Fredumpkins

Then s'afternoon we went into town and met Freya at the bus stop from her house. She seemed really pleased to see Edwina as he hasn't been on at the same time as Freya for a couple of months. Due to Freya supposed to be somewhere else today etc she hadn't brought her stuff to stay over, och well, it was good to see her feeling good about life

And she got well into the internet later

Fixed 'Stick

So Ed came in s'morning and adjusted my walking stick as it now has to be a bit shorter as I am keeping it more upright as I walk

Aargh Gym

So then I went back to gym. I was kind of hoping that Sam would just ignore me at the back, but no chance. After my warm up exercises I found myself on my hands and knees on the floor crawling backwards.

(Can't think about it, it is such a difference than a few weeks ago)

Aardvarking

And first thing s'morning we went out and spent far too much in Aardvark. And I promised the chap who served me that I wouldn't write about his error here, so.....

Peeing

‎And tonight I had a pee b4 we went out at about 6.45, another at half time there and not another until we got home at about 11.30. Just WOW compared with this time last year

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Shopping

So first of all Gareth persuaded me to buy a ticket for the comedians who are playing tonight in Narbeth.

Then he took me to a shop in Llanelli where I bought another deep bed sheet that actually fits on my bed. That's two now, one for on and one for washing

And actually the comedy club had nobody advertised as playing actually playing but the two comics were actually rather good anyway

Trysordy

And we are off in a bit for more voluntary working

And again I was on't PC entering loadsa members details. Gareth helped me today, reading out while I typed and it went as well and quickly as last time when we invented that technique

Halloween

And we went out looking for cheapo Halloween toys and found a mask and pretend hand with broken gun for a couple of quid

Cooking

And while I was cooking I thought "Oh, empty the waste food box" but then it occurred to me ‎that I am cooking for me and Timmy and he is a fussy bugger and no doubt will scrape away some of his meal

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And WOW, he finished every mouthful tonight. He's a fan of pizza and chips(1)

(1) Which I made tonight instead of Friday as I thought Freya was coming on Friday and we wouldn't have enough ingredients but since I finished my dinner she has txted me and said "Sat not Fri as I am...?"

Fly Killed

So I gave up trying to be the first person to kill a fly and Timmy had a go and it worked, 1 dead fly later

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Swimming

Then me and Timmy went swimming today and actually....... actually..... (whisper)it wasn't too bad(/w)

It was difficult, as ever, walking down the step but I managed. So we got in the pool and it was OK. Then we got out and there was somebody in the big changing room which already had the shower chair in it so we had to go to a smaller changing room which had no shower chair. But actually that wasn't a problem. I parked, walked 5 or 6 paces there holding a handle on the wall and was able to do it OK

So it all made me proud of being able to manage

Swimming

Then me and Timmy went swimming today and actually....... actually..... (whisper)it wasn't too bad(/w)

It was difficult, as ever, walking down the step but I managed. So we got in the pool and it was OK. Then we got out and there was somebody in the big changing room which already had the shower chair in it so we had to go to a smaller changing room which had no shower chair. But actually that wasn't a problem. I parked, walked 5 or 6 paces there holding a handle on the wall and was able to do it OK

So it all made me proud of being able to manage

Out

So we went out to a pub in Carmarthen 'cos the local looked empty and they close early under such circumstances

Oh My Flipping Gosh

Just like WOW. So as usual on Tuesday I went to gym. Recently I have felt nervous because I was due to do a "getting down and standing back up" exercise. So today on about my third attempt I got right the way down.

Then I panicked because that had been so difficult would I be able to stand up again?

And yes, it was actually a lot easier than getting down.

So now folk can relax now, there is no issue. If Neil falls over he can get back up again

Thin Legs

And we have just measured my leg, as we do every morning, and today was the smallest diameter I can remember

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Late Run

So we had to go to Tesco's at 1.45 AM because when I tried to go to bed my bedside lightbulb had blown‎ and we needed another, and where would be open so late?

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Aargh, and the blub that we bought wouldn't darken when less electric is pumped through. But that Paul chap took me to Wilkinson's and bought a bulb that actually works

Gym

And I am off to gym in't morning which should be fine but I am just intimidated/scared by this getting down and getting back up stuff. It might work but I haven't been able to do that in so many years

GB

And tonight again I made Garlic Bread with the dinner.

Oh yes, learning how to do "simple" tasks again which are partly difficult because of my injuries/disability and partly because I have forgotten how to do them

First Time In Years

When we left the house now I took a bit longer than usual but it was because I locked the door behind us with my right hand. My right hand is working so much more than it used to

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Sara-ing

Then Sara came in today and did more walking practice, apparently I lean to my left when walking and it has become habitual as I have done it for so long. Even when walking without my 'stick I still lean over to the feft

Results

So Gareth had to phone the Doctor's and say "And results for Neils heart tests?" They were a bit vague and said "No worries" but couldn't actually give him results

I think it was OK but they were very vague

By hand

And it has come to my attention that for a couple of go's I have been able to open a packet of crispy treats with both hands, no longer needing 1 hand and my teeth to open the other side

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Garlic

And my new Garlic Press works, unlike the old one that someone else bought on my behalf, this one works

Hum ha

And this morning we hum'ed and ha'ed and in the end decided to nip to Morrison's s'morning

TV

Gosh, just turned on telly tried "Not Going Out" and the main character is in hospital in a coma and dreaming rude thoughts

Sounds strangely familiar

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Games

So s'morning I lost a few Solitaire games but since then I have won a Solitaire game and a Backgammon game. Just wow

Second Things Second

Then we went to gym. Gosh it was hard work today, me and Sam were practicing that "getting down and back up" thingie and I was able to go down about twice as far as last week. We had to do loads of other stuff too but this was the scariest

Just f*c*ed afterwards

First Things First

So s'morning we went to Aardvark where I didn't buy as much as usual but (perhaps because)  I walked in and back out of the shop to pick up my parked 'chair outside

Then we nipped to Wilkinson's (ex Tesco) and bought more gloves and cream to clean my feet and more printer paper for the staff PC

More Xmas Shopping

Then today after lunch me and Gareth headed out to Parc Trostre at Llanelli for a look at some different shops. We chose Trostre because Gareth has been there before and said the whole centre is modern and wheelchair friendly. And we found the other half of Freya's pressie and half of Sam's so we only have to find the other half of Sam's and my Dad's

Trysordy-ing

And I went out and did my (computer based again) voluntary work s'morning.

Today we noticed, I had entered about 10% of today's data alone, in the first third of the time, 'til Gareth came in and said "Shall I read that out to you?" and read out what I was typing in. So in the last ⅔ of the time we did 90% of today's work  

Xmas shopping

So we went Xmas shopping s'morning and s'afternoon looking in loadsa shops. At a guess we have done about half of it but we have exhausted most of the shops

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And we went back after dinner to the only shop we hadn't been to, T, but they didn't have their Xmas goodies in yet

Bath Fixer

‎Then, t'other day, I finished in my bath, got dried then shouted "Help" to Paul. So he came in the bathroom, I explained then went to bed for a nap. While I was napping Paul fixed the bath, reattaching the side decoration bit which has been coming off for a number of months

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Out To Eat

So as I was having a crisis feeding Freya and Timmy together we went out and had an Indian meal at The Elaichi Indian Restaurant in St Clears and it was rather lovely. There was waty too much on the menu but we found summat and we all thought it was lovely

Samless

And this morning I am torn between crying "Missing you" to Sam, the gym teacher, as we had a cancelled class s'morning(1) and being pleased that I didn't see her and couldn't carry on with my "Falling over and getting back up" practice that we started last week

(1) Or rather "didn't have a class"

Fixed It

And Timmy came in s'morning and within 3 minutes has answered my technical queries for today

In between

And in between the business me and Gareth completed The Guardian Quick Crossword again, completed

ANOTHERfixer

And we came back from hospital just as a chap was sitting in a van outside phoning the landlord and telling him we weren't in, he phoned back to say "No worries" and came in to fix the hot tap in the kitchen

What a performance he has had, whoever fitted it last made a mess of a job under the sink, I think it is good now

But as he has been here all afternoon I haven't been able to have a bath or a nap today. The bath I can do later but it's way too late to go to sleep now

Returning

Then we had to go to hospital to return the device that I have had attached to me for the past week, they will write to me and Denyse to tell us of any issues

Sara-ing

Then Sara came round and was making me take one step forwards then another back then forwards again to really try to make my brain remember how to walk properly, not to one side etc. After an hour of it I was exhausted, she is coming to see me next Monday to keep up loadsa work 'til my FES is collected

Fixer

So then s'morning the wheelchair fixer came back with the proper front wheels for my 'chair and fitted and tightened them in no time.

So hopefully it will last until I no longer need it....

Out at DT

‎So instead of cooking my present from Aardvark we went out to Burryport and sat looking at t'harbour while eating i‎ce cream. Now we are heading home to cook our Aardvark dinner

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Just wow. So later I got stuck into cooking summat that I made loadsa times before my accident but haven't been able to do for years. But I got stuck into chopping and it worked in the end, it was actually easier than I thought. So thanks Aardvark, that was a lovely dinner you gave us to make