Manyana

Then tomorrow morning, before the gym, I have an appointment with a nurse at the Drs to see about my asthma, a review. I suspect she will say "It's all going well, keep it up" but we need to see her

OCD

I am becoming obsessive. "What are you gonna do today, Neil?" "Watch snooker"

Swimming Is On

So today's Water Works class is up and running, I phoned them to confirm when I was in the loo having my morning pooh.

The receptionist said "Is that Neil?" and then flirted with me when I said yes. But I don't know who it was that answered the phone!!!

Well I did it. Sorry but I impress myself with how much I am getting better somedays

WTF?

So what difference is having this injected next Friday gonna make?

Walkies, again and again

So we went out s'afternoon for more walkies around town, again up Mansel St and then up to King St miles it was. And today we called into The Tiger shop, a kind of novelty funny things shop but luckily I didn't spend loadsa cash on tat

Then after dinner we headed back into town just cos it is good for me, this walking. Again we went round town

Standing Differently

And today standing about the house & garden I realized how I had been lopsided since my accident, I was holding most of weight on my left foot with my right foot being just kind of off to one side holding the rest. So today I have been attempting to do it the other way around, hopefully when I practice some more it will become interchangeable depending on what I need

But by heck but it is harder, possible but harder

And I also walked a bit on the chippings around the house, again that is so much easier that the last time I tried

Old Faces

And yesterday we met a beautiful woman at some point, she said "Hello Neil" I replied "Erm....." but it turns out she used to work at the local pub when I still drank there regularly and, more to the point, she hadn't seen me since I was stuck in a wheelchair.

Which was nice, she was surprised and pleased to see me on my feet, I was a wheelchair user last time I saw her

Sorry

I know I have seen this every day for some months but I laughed out loud s'morning

Much Cooking

So then s'morning I did the cooking most of the rest of the weeks food. It is nice now but when I sprinkled in yellow split peas I overdid it and it is somewhat lentily. But I enjoyed eating it tonight, for all that says about the food I cooked, but MM ate it all too, so I think it is nice

Walkies

And as the weather forecast changed from raining during the day today we decided to try it at dinner time. Parked in the usual spot, walked up the hill, along King St, down the little st by the library then along back to the car looking at the back of all the shops.

It kind of does my head in, how easy/straightforward is walking these days 

Hard Work

Then after an early lunch we went to a gym class which as ever I detest but I can see that it is doing me some good. Today's main highlight was walking noticeably faster than I have been able  to for about 20 years, I think it was as fast as I have managed plus about 50%. Even GGtGG commented on how fast I was walking.

But who will I be able to chase?  

Chopper

So we popped to the toenail chopper s'morning and she did a good job, it didn't hurt and feels better

To The Green House

So we popped out to the greenhouse today* to water the plants that we planted yesterday and they look well, as if they have taken to their new home OK

* But RoyGBiv walked ahead of me and had opened the door before I got there so I couldn't test myself to see if I could open it

Boogying

And so after lunch I did the washing up for the day as we are going out to Caffi Iechyd Da folky night for dinner tonight

And eventually a good night was had

Breathe

Then we are off to do the Thursday morning busyness in a bit....

Well that went OK, first of all down King St to park near the top of the lane to Caffi Iechyd Da, said ta and see you later as we are going to a play it folk night tonight then off to Morrison's for the rest of the shop, took that home then went back to gym where today I had to do 3.25km on the rowing machine

Obscure Betterment

It occurred to me s'morning that for a couple of days I have been wearing that fleece which I didn't used to wear mostly as I couldn't handle doing up the buttons on the front, so I wore zippy ones mostly.

But it just isn't an issue these days, I just wear it and can do it up

Drowning

So we went and there was an aqua aerobics session today which was as much fun as usual. We were doing, at one point, standing on your right foot and move the left in various directions exercises which I just wouldn't have been able to do last month but now it is just straightforward

MORE Cash

And after I found 20p t'other day I found a pound lying on the floor in the changing room of the swimming pool today

Out For Dinner

And we are going out tonight to a Quiz And Curry Night organized by the West Wales Everything Group

Off To Hospital

So we are off to hospital for a blood test whenever they can fit me in s'morning.

Hooray

And we did that, didn't take too long. Even if we had to park a bit away and use the steep stairs to get there and back

Then on the way back we called in @gym and I got stuck into pedalling for miles

Bother. I pedalled for 3.25km and said "Right, lets go now" and he said "No, carry on, do the rest" as apparently on Thursday I row for 3.25km but Tuesday's I pedal for 10km. Only 5.5 to go now

Don't

I hardly ever drink on a Monday night (these days) but see being told not to as I am having a blood test tomorrow.....

And being told not to play with myself either.....

Just In Time

Then after bath etc we just had time to go to town and pick up the 'script from the doctors. The chemist gave me the form back when I gave them to her and said "It sez make an asthma nurse appt" and so after she gave me the drugs we went back into the Drs and made an appt to see the asthma nurse in a few weeks

Mr Independence

And when me and Roy were out walking yesterday I found summat lying on the pavement and I was just able to bend down and pick it up by myself, I didn't have to ask RoyGBiv for help or anything, just independence

Busy Morning

So we have to go to Bridgend to meet the physio and Denyse s'morning. Before that it sez on my diary but I think it will be later we need to pop to the Drs to pick up a couple of 'scripts and I have to ask MM to reply to a txt message that Sam's mother-in-law-to-be sent me talking about arrangements when we are there for the wedding, but M will be driving so knows about time etc

Well.... we set off for Bridgend half an hour after MM was at work, as in about 10 mins after he finished handover, but the visit went well. I said "Be gentle with me" as I can't sweat too much in the 48 house before my blood test tomorrow but it went well. We were doing loadsa balance exercises and she was well impressed at how much better I am today compared with a few years ago when I first met her

And M read the txt from Emma's Mum, I contacted her and said "Meet you on the day"

Bill Bailey

And tonight I have just watched a Bill Bailey DVD that I got for my birthday. After having to download a "DVD player" as it is no longer automatic like it was on eg Windows 7 bit not on new Windows 10

But I enjoyed it

Walkies

Then after dinner I said "Lets go out for a walk", we headed out the front door, turned left and walked along the path that leads to the main road in a couple of hundred yards, turned round and walked back uphill to the side road once more. Walked past my house along the road to the very far end, walked around behind the house until we reached the end of the curb, turned around and walked the whole length of the road until we reached my house

Sunday daytime......

Excited.....

Tonight

And tonight after dinner etc we are heading into Carmarthen where the remains of The Dubliners are playing. We have already bought tickets etc

Clap, clap, clap. 1) I was rather impressed with how they were playing and 2) I could remember songs that I haven't heard for 20 years which does impress me as my brain was so fscked but I can remember some stuff

Out Again

After I made the weeks food I switched the pan off , closed the windows and then we headed into town. Again we parked up on Lammas St and today walked down through the outdoor market, up and down and round and round through the indoor market then out through the back exit which brought us up further along Lammas St then back to the car. Then we came home and I switched the pan of dinner back on before making lunch for myself

And the dinner was delicious, according to Roy as well as me

Battery Running Out

And I noticed that the battery for my FES is running out much quicker these days, I thought "Why?", and then realized it is because the FES is switched on for about 2½ as long every day than it was a fortnight ago

Out

Then after my bath and nap and waiting about 15 minutes for the washing to be done so I could stick my sockings on the radiator to dry we headed into town and parked on Lammas St, on Dark Gate, then walked thru town to M&S. From there we turned and walked uphill past Iechyd Da to King St,
went all the way along to the end, then walked back past the turn off to Iechyd Da all the way to the end then walked downhill past the court house until we reached the car at the end

Aargh

What a performance. I tried to put my new Bill Bailey DVD in the PC and it sez "No, not on Windows 10" so I had to download a free player and get it to work. Which took a while (and a number of versions) and I haven't got time to watch it now as I need to have an early lunch then go to gym class.

And it has put me in a bad mood, I don't think I can appreciate comedy when I am this ****ed off. But as long as I can make it play again later.....

Will She Be Back?

So will Sam be back to take the gym class today?

Because yes, it's Friday so the one day of the week I go to a proper gym class....

And yes she was back and looking as lovely as ever and the class went well. Both Sam and MM commented about how I was much better at lifting my right leg by bending my knee than I was last time they saw me do it

Sneaked Out

Then this evening we were coming back from our long walk around town and I said "Lets stop in pub" and had 3 pints of yum yum beer

Thursday Fun

So first of all I have got to phone the prescriptions line to order more and ask them why the online thing is no longer working for my asthma med (that line doesn't work until 10 AM, the time Timmy arrives) , then go and pick up my veg then pick up shopping.

Which we did. Thay said the 'script has been renewed so next time it should've OK, we went to Iechyd Da and I had a complaint about their Facebook posts which make me wanna eat buns but I am on a diet but we got the veg. Then to Morrisons and did a bigger then usual shop. 

So we came home, put it away, then headed back to gym where I got stuck into a rowing machine where again I did the whole exercise without stopping, I only stopped once to take my fleece off and did the miles without stopping for breath

More Fun

Then we had an early lunch then headed off to Aqua Aerobics which was on today and again did loads of exercises

Sigh

So we are off to the dentist in an hour.......

Hooray he said sarcastically. It isn't an issue for me now, I clean my teeth twice a day etc but it still isn't fun

Well that was fun. So one dentist looked over my teeth, X rayed me then passed me onto another dentist who scrubbed all my teeth. That was all, no fillings or owt and I made another appt for 4 months away

A prelude to e-Minor

how this prototype electric Morris might change the world 

Roger Collier

Cycling

And I got stuck into cycling at full strength again for the first time since my secondary accident. And I did notice again that my right hand has got better at opening stiff doors again. So it's going well, only another 4KM to go

Well I did it. In just under an hour. And today I took no stops for rest, just went for it. And the last 2 KM I took about as much time as the first KM, I was going much faster at the end

Pollution

Plastic - A Solution from Da Gruniad

Lovely Weather

And it is raining again s'morning

Out

So later we went out to town. Parked on Lammas St and first of all walked to Savers and picked up more mouthwash then walked into town and went to M&S. Where we looked around at clothes then tried on some new trews. So yes, we liked them, spent most of my birthday gift on it. Then went downstairs and spent the last 50p on a bun

Hooray

And I have got no excuse so I am off to Aqua Aerobics or Water Works or summat s'afternoon

Aargh. So we went to gym, said "Aqua Aerobics" and held out my card, she replied "No, not today" so after some grumbling we went off to gym and did some exercise machines 

FESless

So I spent the day with no FES on but trying to walk loads without my 'stick. Dunno, "they" recommended I wear it all the time so it is back on tonight

Chocolate

So last week Morrison's donated a bar of chocolate to me as it was my birthday. Very kind, good marketing etc. But I ate it yesterday. Compared to the bar of Green&Blacks that I buy every week it just tasted rubbish, not half as nice

Rain In My Favour

So MM had planned to go off beach cleaning s'morning whereas I had planned to say "No can do, I am cooking the weeks food today, a casserole" but as it happened it is raining s'morning here, so that put a block on beach cleaning plan

Phew

Playing For Ages

And tonight I watched a whole game of rugby, all 80 minutes of it. Ulster vs The Ospreys, I suspect it was played yesterday but I watched it tonight

Aargh

Dunno what to say (noisy video)

Not Very Exciting

But I succeeded in putting a video on Facebook

Walkies

So we went to town s'morning and just walked about for ages, then round the corner and uphill and back etc

It Fits

And I tried on my suit today which we took out of the back of the wardrobe so I can wear it to Sam's wedding next month, and much to my surprise it still fits. So Timmy is gonna lend me a tie and my suit, shirt and shoes all fit

Mobile Version

And I glanced at one of my pages on my phone today and it was all wrong. So I needed to do another version and find out how to switch between automatically to stop my needing 2 links. Which I did need for about 20 minutes

Samless

Then after an early lunch we had a gym lesson, but Sam wasn't there to teach us today instead the scary lady who occasionally takes a class some other day of the week, Gaynor, was taking it today

And she worked us very hard again

Apparently Sam is off at some local "care home for the elderly" teaching balance exercises

Drs

And as soon as he had finished mopping Timmy phoned the Drs and said "Can we talk about prostate with you, please" and they have made an appointment in about 20 minutes

Oh what fun. So we got to see the Dr, Timmy explained the issue, he stuck his finger up my arse, said there was no issue there, gave us a ref to go to the hospital for a checkup next week and said tara

On the way out we made an appointment for my testosterone jab in a fortnight

Spillage

And I was getting my breakfast s'morning, made a pot of coffee and went to get my muesli, lifted the bowl, it slipped and knocked the coffee pot over, much spillage. "Timmy...." but he wasn't up yet, he had gone back to sleep..... But at least I am now good enuf at balance and holding stuff in both hands to carry my bowl in one hand and hold my walky stick in the other

At lunchtime I was nervous filling the tray but it was fine, I didn't spill anything

Passport

And me and Timmy before we headed gymwards popped into Tesco  where a photographer took my pic several times, checked them onscreen and printed 4 copies of the best, passport sized. We paid for the prints but they also gave me a ref number which was all we had to tell them at Passport Office, they said they will send a new passport to this address after we filled in an online form and posted them back my old copy of my old passport too.

And paid them £75 too, petty cash paid it luckily

Gymming

So then today we went back to doing rowing at gym, three and a quarter kilometers. What fun

Back To It

So as I was back on my normal routine first think we popped down to Iechyd Da to fetch the organic veg which I had had to order early before I had gone away to Belfast. After that we popped to More Reasons To Shop At....

Free Buns

So on the way to the airport today we stopped off for a brew and a bun. I ate bun and walked up to the counter and said "Can you tell whoever made the bun that 'I want to marry them'"

5 mins later he set a tray in front of me and said "They said thank you and to give you an extra" and there were 2 free buns in the wrapper 

Tara

So in the morning we popped out to Donaghadee where my Mum's brother useda live and had a therapeutic long walk, then headed back to hotel where we had lunch then I had shower and a nap before meeting up with my Dad at the airport

Party Time

Then later in the day loads of my family came here and we had a party for my birthday which was most enjoyable

Dad's

So we popped over to my brother Gareth's s'morning, picked him up and carried on to my Dad's. From there we popped out somewhere and had lunch

Arrived

So we got to the hotel, unpacked and bathed sorry showered (which was a bit scary but I managed even stepping up to get in) and now I am napping before we gave dinner then the family arrive

Bladder Better

And we have just driven all the way to England without stopping for a pee

On The Way

So we are en-route to Belfast

Brighter

And how much brighter has it got later at night last few weeks........

Mañana

So I have to get up extra early tomorrow as we are leaving about 8.15 to head all the way to Bristol Airport as we are flying to Belfast to see my Dad

Scared

So I have had to decide to not wear my FES quite so much. Like not for 18 hours a day like I have been for a few days. 'Cos it is getting sore and spotty

But by tomorrow it looks loads better, all the red has gone etc

Packing

Then after lunch we packed all my clothes and my new FES pads etc to take with me to Belfast on Monday. The only thing we have to add is my Asthma Inhaler and my Phone Charger, it is all packed apart from that

Coffee Meeting

So s'morning we went to a "have coffee and cake" meeting in Carmarthen where I didn't have a coffee but hot chocolate and cake which was nice. They are a really friendly group who it was easy to talk to for a couple of hours

Move It

Then RoyGBiv brought in some bits so he was able to fit them to the chair in my bedroom so we could then move it into the kitchen and stick it in the usual chair position as we can now move it etc silently, well with a lot less noise

Got It/Them

And then s'afternoon 'they' txted me to say "They have arrived, all of them" so we had to pop to the Chemist Next Door To The Doctors On King St and pick up my new sockings which I will be able to take to Belfast with me

Sam's Class

Then we went to Sam's Class at the gym for the usual Friday workout and it went well. Except that she said Gaynor(?) is gonna have to take the class next week as she will be working away

Pooh

And today I am sh*t*ing myself as on Monday morning we have to get up early and head for Bristol to the airport to head to Belfast

Out

And I saw 1 of my neighbors t'other Day and they said that the local pub has gone upmarket selling good food so we will try it again

OK, dunno if it was upmarket but we had an enjoyable feast tonight

Then

Then later we tried to get my stockings from the chemist. We tried 2 days ago they said "Tomorrow" and this was the third visit. So we took it back off her to try across the road then in Tesco then in Boots. None of which could help us but the woman in Boots did say "It is for 3 not 3 pairs" so we had to go back to the Drs where she changed it, then back to the chemist next door where she said she will txt me when they arrive to stop me having to spend 50p parking every day if they hasn't arrived yet

Fetching

Then next thing s'morning I collected my smaller than usual organic veg and my smaller than usual Morrisons shop. Then we headed gymwards and I did miles (Well 10k) of rowing

Watered Them

And as I did yesterday morning morning I remembered to water the plants in my garden today

Hectic Thursday Morning

And it looks like tomorrow will be the usual Hectic Thursday Morning doing my shopping etc

No Swimming

And woe is me, no swimming today as it is school holidays so I am going to Gorgeous Gaynor's Gym Class instead. So early lunch, then to the chemist to pick up my sockings, then Gorgeous Gaynor's class

No, we will have to try the picking up again tomorrow as they hadn't been delivered today

Watered Them

And I watered my plants which show no sign of growing yet

Wet The Bed

Ugh. I woke up all wet s'morning and had to change my clothes and the sheets

Apparently I was snoring unusually last night

And I wasn't even drunk

Good Question

And I was talking to a passer by on the stairs at the gym today and I said "Sorry I am slow, but I was in a wheelchair for 15 years, so I am still a bit slow" and then she asked me "So how did you get out of the wheelchair?" Good question

Gardening

Well it wasn't actually outside in the garden but I took the first steps of growing some veg tonight. They were the first to be planted, the others are dated later in the year

B&Qwards

Then after lunch we headed to B&Q and tried to get some Mould Remover for my bathroom. They had some but it was £8 a tube so we bottled out and parked on Lammas St and walked down to Wilko where we found the same product, the same brand, same size for £4 so we bought that. While we were there we looked for "hold everything" for the kitchen to keep half the tat that's in the "spare drawer" which broke the bank at £3 so both cost less than 1 item from B&Q

Better Still

And today I managed to open all the doors @ gym. Summat is getting better

Cycle For Miles

So first thing today we popped to the Drs to pick up my 'script. Which we did and popped to the chemist next door. Where she said "No can do, call back tomorrow afternoon"

Then we popped to the gym where GGtGG insisted I cycle for miles. I said "No, I'm too poorly" but he replied "You did it with Roy last week" so grumbly grumble but I did it.

And I did all 10km without stopping for a rest today, the first time I have managed that since I started cycling again @ gym

Politics

I looked at the TV Guide and it sed A Lenny Henry Program so I thought "Give it a try" and good lord, the politics etc about slavery etc, I liked it, I was stuck for the whole hour which is unusual for me

Getting Better

So the last couple of times we were at the gym I got my MOS to open the doors for me as my right hand was hurting too much where the broken bones are still mending. But today I experimented with the easier to open door and it opened properly, no issue. So tomorrow I will try it on all the doors to see if I can manage that again

Not Swimming

So as the pool is full of kids on Easter Holidays we just went to the gym and used some machines, lifting and kicking etc. It wasn't fun but setting the weight just into the uncomfortable zone was the way to maximize good effects

AND I had been thinking "After lunch head out for a walk"  but it started to rain very heavily as I was eating.....

Learning About Pissing

And I commented to Timmy today that we had been out walking for ages and I hadn't been to the loo. I commented that last year I would have had to stop 3 times. He said yes, I am just learning how to hold it in again, like I had to when I was about 1 year old

Shirt

And I have been wearing a different shirt yesterday and today that I haven't been wearing recently as I couldn't cope with doing the buttons up with my right hand. But I seen much better at it than the last time I tried so........ being positive......

Walkies

So we popped into town s'morning and just walked for miles again