Betterer

Gosh, after 2 or 3 days of plaster etc my leg looks completely better

(sent from my phone)

Gym

And me and Paul went to gym with my parents watching. They commented on what a difference it has made to my upright posture, my shoulders. Apparently it was even worse a while ago

Deliverer

And a chap came s'morning with some bumph for me, a new unbroken push with your food on, a new better loo seat and a sort of half standing prop to lean on while I am cooking

And I sat on it and had a pooh, just WOW, it is so much better than before

Paypal

So at the start of the night I had to ask "How do I pay you?" then a couple of hours later I had remembered how to use Paypal and it had actually worked

Visitors

Well my parents and Ian, my BIL, came here for a visit, for tea. Now Ian has headed off to his hotel and my Mum is showering in the staff room, before going to bed here

Tra lah lah

Oh, I can't settle and do anything today, too nervous about my visitors later today

More Shopping

So s'morning we nipped out first of all to drop a letter at the doctors, then we nipped to ThatEvilTesco's shop to pick up some blueberries and a bigger saucepan. The biggest I had was just too medium sized and as I am cooking for 6 tonight it felt too small

Visitors

And tomorrow my parents are coming to visit and my sisters husband Ian is coming too although he is not staying here, as my parents are on Monday night

Busy

And for most of the rest of the day Paul cleaned up the garden. His fingers look f**ked now

Shopping

Then today we nipped to Morrison's to get the weeks shopping to make it more relaxed tomorrow. We got some peanut butter and marmite to try as a new lunch in stead of salad too, and a smaller salad that has gotta last a shorter time as hopefully we will be shopping on Wednesday with my Mum&Dad

Right Handed

And s'morning I tried writing with my right hand. Now it is too sore for me to do it all the time but I think it was as legible as writing before my accident.

So practice

S'morning

Erm... hello

(sent from my phone)

Night night

And last night I switched it on on both 'puters, Turnoff Master. So I went to bed with one PC in the bedroom playing music that's stored on the PC in't living room. A few hours later I was asleep and Turnoff Master followed instructions and switched off both 'puters

Veggieburger

So we stopped at McD's on the way home as I am too knackered/hungry to cook, they were fairly buzy so they were able to just hand Paul his burger. But veggieburgers are a bit more unpopular, so we sat down until she brought it over as it finished cooking

(sent from my phone)

2 antibiotics

So all went well today until 'bout 4pm when Paul went to put sum creme on my leg like he had dun s'morning and he said "Lord, it's well swollen now, to A&E" so now I have 2 tablets of antibiotics to take for a week

(sent from my phone)

Mega Shopping

So we nipped out to proper shops and bought me some ankle weights, my staff some anti-b handwash, some gloves etc etc

P**hing

And Paul said "Don't write to your BLOG and say 'Im having a p**h' when u r in the loo s'morning" so I won't

Erm...

"Hello there"

(sent from my phone)

Choking

And last night I ate a snack bar (Yes, dieting!!!) and obviously didn't chew one piece up properly, it stuck in my throat, and I coughed (made enough choking sounds to make Dicky come running) for about 20 minutes. This wouldn't have occurred before my accident but as I couldn't breathe then and they operated on my throat(1) obviously summat isn't right. Don't think it can get any better, just be careful with each and every mouthful for the rest of my days

(1) I think the ambulance man

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Dinner

And we had Neil's naan bread pizza's for dinner and I think I am becoming obsessed with them, I now think they are nicer than "proper" pizza

Infections

And now I am prone to getting infections in my f**king leg, the one that was swelling up before, apparently I need to be really careful, a slight cut on there=infection, most of the time

And I went to the Drs. today, he gave me new anti-whetever cream to put on it and no antibiotics because I said "It is better than yesterday so I don't want/need any"

So gord knows.

Well after my bath we put some "normal" creme over most of my leg and new cream over the wounded area

Sara

Then Sara the physio came in s'morning and did loads of exercises walking properly not to one side and catching etc

Tonite (redun now)

And tonight, as recommended by Freya, we are going to see Attila The Stockbroker in Carmarthen

And a good time was had by all. Freya insisted I didn't also buy a T-shirt but it was excellent, so I think I may be buying some albums soon....

Swimmingless

And I can't go swimming today (the one we cancelled the gym for) as I have got a swelling on my leg, where it was cut cycling t'other day. Hopefully it will go down with Germolene on it and I won't need the doctors

BBCCBBWW

Then s'morning I Skyped with Denyse for an hour, she is trying to make me positive in "Who am I" and we made such great progress

Pantydderwen

Then me and Ed nipped up the street to my local pub where I had 2 pints.

BUT tonight I was able to climb up the 3 steps into the pub using my right foot to push me up, this is such a recent thing, I like it

Direct Debit

And today I looked and found details of the new direct debit to pay cash from petty cash to me for feeding my staff. Today I just looked and there is was, 4 seconds work to find it. So the previous 3 occasions when I have been looking for it and failed, dunno, I must have been checking the wrong account or summat

Dinner

And for dinner tonight we had veggie burgers, chips and beans. I really liked the burgers, next week I will have to investigate bread rolls and have them with sum grated cheese

WALK To Bed

Then today I walked from the living room to my bedroom for my nap, no wheelchair and no walky stick

Getting Better

And it seems to me now that my "pissing every 15 minutes" illness has now completely left me. I was out t'other night had a pee then left to go out then sat there nodding my head and drinking for hours then didn't need the loo until I was leaving to come home hours later

Serious Shopping

So me and Ed went into Marksie's s'morning and bought another couple of pairs of trews and then were looking downstairs for summat to feed to Freya tomorrow night. Just good lord, I think I may have to shop for food in M&S more regularly

Yboting

Then we went and fetched that Toby chap who came down for a bit, did some washing, ate his food then left with still damp clothes to put on and go to the pictures tonight

More Shopping

Then we nipped to More Reason To Shop At... to stock up some longer term food, eg the curry ingredients that I am gonna feed my parents next Monday etc

Email Crisis

So when I came back from gym I looked at my PC. No email had been recieved from Ixion since I went out s'morning. Puzzled I pressed "Get Mail", still nowt. I looked at www.ixion.org.uk and there was loads in there.

Erm....

erm....

erm....

So I restarted my PC and switched back on Thunderbird and got 47 emails.

So phew, I wonder what the problem was?

Gymming

Well me and Dicky went to gym and I am definitely the least ill person there ATM

Rain, rain, go away (or to Spain)

Good lord, while I was sitting eating my breakfast today suddenly it started raining so heavily, like chucking it down as hard as I have ever seen it. 5 minutes later the rain had finished but the drains still sounded so loud, even from indoors

Dinner

And for dinner I made mushrooms stuffed with soft cheese, (from a packet) small filled with butter jacket potatoes (also from a packet) and frozen carrots and swede which was nice

Table or .div #2

D'uh, I was looking thru my templates for summat else and found an example of "table" so I was able to fix it/make it look better

What fun

So today we went to BikeAbility in Haverfordwest, for the first time, to do this weeks cycling fun. They didn't have as many bikes as they usually do but it was fun anyway. For the first while we were going on a handle pedal machine then we got a sitting side by side tandem. Flipping knackered now tho...

(sent from my phone)

And the hand pedalling should make my right arm stronger, it was nearly able to reach all the time...

Spent too much

And s'morning I went to Morrison's and spent far too much cash on food etc

Table or .div

I got stuck in looking at how to keep 3 pictures in a row and write beneath each one. So I could sort out one of my pages, but just no, way too complex. I either need to write a table or else do a .div neither of which I have any experience of and it all looks far too complicated for my poorly memory to come to terms with.

Can someone suggest a "Help me" page

What a day #2

Then the hot water stopped coming out of the taps. The boiler was still on, the radiators were still hot but no hat water. So I tried hot tap again, it ran for about 30 seconds then stopped. So in the bathroom instead of a bath I filled a basin full of water and washed in that.

We phoned landlord and he said "I am in Carmarthen, see u in a bit", came round, did some adjustments which matched the ones we had tried but the hot water is back now.

The magic touch, I think (noisy link)

What a day #1

So today I managed to watch half a motorcycle race, I sort of enjoyed it, it didn't upset me as much as it did last time I watched

Splintless Day

And it only occurred to me when I started getting ready for bed, my splint is still sitting on my bed side table where I set it last night. All day has been in wheelychair mode, no walking at all

Peeing

Reading my book about BI it did say that incontinence/partial continence is a usual outcome of BI. Reading that reminds me that my pissing is nearly "normal" once more, eventua-flipping-ly

Weighting

Then I was doing exercises with my weights. Good lord, a 2 kg weight I can lift and do various exercises with my left arm and not even lift it up 'til my arm is straight out with my right arm. It's not even a heavy weight

Pepper from my Trug

Then for dinner tonight we had pasta, a fried pepper that I had grown on my Trug and Lloyd Grossman's sauce which was delicious but it felt a bit like cheating as I opened a jar and heated it up, QED, no actual cooking

Dimmer Switch

And my dimmer bulbs arrived s'morning. But they wouldn't fit in the lamp by my bed. I thought we'd better go lamp shopping but Ed proved to be very useful and swapped that lamp for one in the other room and the new dimmers fitted, it was well cool.

THEN I got in a tiz trying to take a set of pics of the brighter bulbs. If my camera was set to auto every picture looked the same so I had to d/l a manual for my camera and read that. In the end I couldn't manage, but a shout of "Ed" brought a very clever chap running and together we were able to take a series of pics with a discernible difference visible between one and the next.

Then he had to give me some velcro bits to let me stick the brightness control by my bed

The Dr

Well tonight I watched 2 episodes of Doctor Who on that BBC on that BBC iPlayer tool and I did rather enjoy 'em both

Waverley

And we went to Waverley Stores s'afternoon and got veg, milk, juice etc

There one of the members of staff was most scathing about another menmber of staff who had tried to retell one of my jokes last week and had been laughing so hard she had got it wrong

Swimming

And we went swimming today. Oh what fun. But this time I was brave enough to not wear a t-shirt and no-one pointed and laughed. No-one.

While we were there we spoke to the lifeguard and he agreed to rescue me, if necessary, next week after I have jumped in, and suggested about a safety device I can borrow/use on my way in

Wrong

Apparently my diary is wrong, Sara the Physio isn't coming today. So there will be time to go swimming before the toenail cutter comes

More Fun

And we are going out to the "eat your dinner here" folk club in Carmarthen soon. 2 local Folk Clubs, both on once a month, one night after one night

And wasn't it excellent. We got Freya from school at about a quarter to six (1), took her there a bit later and everyone was excellent

(1) Brought her back here to eat mince pies first

Gym

And after lunch it was time for Gym. As usual I was a bit grumpy because it is still, so difficult to walk. S'pose a year ago I wasn't able to walk without my 'stick so.....

But today I was practicing again at the 1 step upwards tool. A few weeks ago I tried to stand upwards with my right foot. To no avail, I couldn't manage it with my right leg. However today I could do it with both feet, whichever one I chose. So I am getting better even tho it fills me with such joy being there

M&S

So me and Dicky went to Marksies s'morning and bought some more Fat Persons jogging bottoms. I said "Jogging isn't my style, can I have them for free?" but they refused

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Off Out

So tonight I am venturing out to a monthly folk night in Blue Parrot, Carmarthen

And it was as excellent as to be expected. But someone had tidied up the recipes for the "cochtails" so I made do with a pint of rather nice scrumpy cider. Or 2 or 3

Ding

And then I was thinking "Missing you already for when you leave" as he cut my hair again

Nokia Suite

And I said to Ed "I downloaded this tool to transfer txt messages onto my PC but it wouldn't work - look" clicked the program again and it did work today which it wouldn't do last night

Dentistry

So s'morning I had to go to the dentist, to see a dentist and a hygenist. I forgot to ask the hygenist whether my teeth were looking clean enuf but.....

The dentist did say that I was much better at walking than last time she saw me and I said "Give me a couple more months then I will be able to chase you!"

But she did say "Oh filling there, make another appointment" which I did

B B C C Busy B W W

Good lord, so tonight at 8.25 I actually got to sit down at my 'puter, not doing owt, not writing my BLOG just sitting down to actually read some email. The first email in my file said "8.55AM".

Bang bang chop chop busy busy work work, apparently

Visitor

Then that Toby chap, whose date last night didn't show up, came again for tea. While he was here I made him make me a load of flapjacks which I was gonna give him half of but he said "No ta, loads of birthday sweeties in my house already"

Big Shopping Spree

Then I went into town and went into, in the end 3 shops, to buy everything that was on Sara's shopping list of things to help me exercise. 3 flippin' shops!!! But we got it in the end, charged to Anthony's account

As seen in pic, back to front, left to right, bouncy ball, throwing smaller ball, non slip mat for under my standing exercises, loadsa various weights and ankle and wrist weights

Denyseing and OTing

So Denyse came today at the same time as the council temp occupational therapist. First of all me and the OT talked about my needs and wants, eg a new bigger loo seat and a new carry food trolley

Then Denyse got stuck into her big lista stuff, dating sites(1), swimming(2), who am I, my timetable etc &c .

(1) Not yet, Denyse will see me in January and p'raps decide then
(2) Jumping in now!!!


(sent from my phone)

Ybot

So Toby txted me and said "Can I do some washing at yours?", I txted him back and said "Wanna come here for dinner too, or do washing tomorrow when u r supposed to be here?". He said "No, sorry, I wanna get clean b4 my date tonight"

What fun

So s'morning Ed changed my bed for me and is now gonna take me shopping for more weekly bits then he is gonna take me to the new (more) local cycling place

And yes, WHAT FUN, we went to Morrisons where I didn't need to buy too much stuff. Came back here, gonna have lunch then we will nip over to the cycling place, not for a cycle today, just to check it out

And it looked OK, we weren't there to cycle today, just check it out and it looked busy but well cool. There were a number of people "cycling"(1) who were much more disabled than me, but all seemed happy

(1) Some on tandems, some on pedal with your hands machines &c

Garlicy

And for dinner tonight I had naan bread pizza with garlic and herb roast potatoes

Now the garlic potatoes, at the start of the meal I wasn't sure that I could taste the garlic but by the end I was sure that I could. I dunno why, perhaps my tongue is getting used to garlic again or perhaps my mind is being told that this is extra delicious because... and it is starting to sink in. Gord knows but it was delicious for me anyway

Walkies

And I practised walking indoors today. Practising keeping my posture straight, I was assisted (held up) by Dicky but it is getting easier every time I do it

More Coffee Machines

So my new Cafetiere wasn't pleasing me slightly as the lid wasn't sitting on it properly so we nipped out to Tesco's and spent £8 on a new one with a different lid arrangement

Shaving

So I shaved s'morning. So "up" on my chin, then "down" as recommended by a MOS last week then sideways to trim off the last bits and my chin feels better shaved than it has for years, either blade or electric

Strange Film

So Dicky brought in 2 DVD's today, one of them is stuck in the telly DVD player, won't play or eject, but I was eventually(1) able to watch "Wall-e" on my PC. it was strange but rather good

(1) After downloading a new "Watch DVD"s program

Standing On Toes

Then today as recommended by Sara t'other day I lifted myself onto my toes and my heels 10 times

Ybot

Then we took that Toby chap out for a birthday meal as he is just 18 now. So we had a pie and a pint (or 3) and it was lovely.
My first born son is a grown up now, how old must I be?

Cafetiere

And when I was making lunch I dropped my cafetiere and broke it, so we nipped into Wilkinson's and got a new one

Drs

Then we went back to the Doctors to say "Where is my reference to an eating specialist that you promised?" and he said "Whoops, I forgot, as soon as I saw u in my list of patients for today I remembered and wrote to them"

Freya

Then I took Freya's school work that she left here yesterday into her school. We parked and I was being pushed towards the school when Freya and Julia showed up in a car.

Freya had been in hospital for a MRI scan which turned out to be OK. She has an inflammation but it will hopefully be better, apparently

Physiology

So Sara the Physio came s'morning and did loads of stepping and walking and balance exercises, including not leaning over when I walk etc which hurt loads but was worth it. I thought I had stopped leaning one way when I walked but she was polishing the cake

Grumpy Busy Girl

Then Freya came round and was way too busy doing her homework to even speak to me, but there you are

Jim Jiminy, Jim Jim Jaroo!

And we went to Gym afterwards and it was scarier than usual, I feel as if my right foot was turning over when I walk but Ed says it looks OK.

In class there were a variety of people who are as ill as I was last year, dunno what to say but if you do work hard you can be weller.

On the exercises routine I was actually able to step up with my right foot first, I couldn't do that last time I tried

More Shopping

So then today me and Paul nipped out shopping, because the blueberries from Morrison's are not as long lasting as the ones from Waverley Stores, who finished their blueberries last week, for the season

Drinking Slowly

And tonight I am actually drinking slowly. Gosh it feels different, recently I have been pouring a glass and necking it in the kitchen. But tonight I am attempting to enjoy the flavour etc

And it did for Matt, I mustn't go down that path

Saundersfoot

Then we went out to Saundersfoot for no apparent reason but it was special and loads boats were parked there

Again

And today I walked to bed for my nap with no walky-stick or wheely-chair. I can and I will, getting better

(sent from my phone)

Glug glug

And I went swimming again today, with Paul and Dicky as they needed to show each other how to take care of me etc. It went well again, walking is so easy underwater, well nearly underwater

Feeder

And when I got back from gym today there was a card thru the door. "We tried to deliver but you weren't here, in post office after 3pm". So we went along and there was the makings of a bird feeder which my brother sent over for me

Gyming

And I went to the gym s'morning. As had been decided last week I got pushed into the building then stood up and walked the rest of the way. With no walky stick today. Apparently I have won on that leaning over to one side thingie. But it is still very hard work, but I managed. So tomorrow it will be a little easier etc

Clap Hands

And as I am at an excellent folk club tonight I need reminding. After each song I am tapping my left hand on the table "No Neil you can clap again". I have been able to clap for 2 or 3 weeks, after 9 years of not being able to. I just can't recall

(sent from my phone)

Freebie

And as recommended by Denyse I managed to get a free copy of a book about making the brain get better. I haven't read any yet but it may be useful tomorrow etc

Folking

And I am gonna go out Folking tonight because it is way too boring just being indoors here

And loadsa folks said "Missed you" etc so perhaps Burry Port should be more on my list...

And I told 'em another "poem"

Exercises

And as I did my exercises s'afternoon we did mainly stretch hand/fingers exercises. Talk about being better? Yes, I am still rubbish with my right hand but a lot less rubbish that last month

Lost Sum Weight

Well, last night I was weighed again and this week I have lost 2 lbs. Slowly but surely, at least I lost some

Cold

And it was so cold in here s'morning that the heating switched itself on. It has switched off now but it was on first thing

Shopping

So me and Ed nipped to Morrison's, got the shopping, tried some potato waffles and another kind of frozen spud that isn't an oven chipas we are trying to broaden my diet

And they were actually quite good

More Watching

And we are actually watching telly again

No, I got bored with it before the end and switched off

Japflacks

And I asked a MOS "Why do I have eg oats etc" and they said "For making flapjacks, they are not as fattening as many snacks" so gosh, yes, I recall now. So when I have finished this weeks treat I might have to make some

More Watching

And I watched more kids telly tonight

Red

And as I found loads of episodes on Dave ch 19 I am currently watching Red Dwarf

SKYPEing

And I had a brief Skype call with my brother today, just as practice, but it went OK

Banker

So we had to nip into the bank to pay in the cheque my Dad had sent for Toby's birfday, I put cash in his birfday card in exchange. I was nervous but it went OK and it seems to be in my account

Not tomorrow, tonight!!!

Were going out tonight and oops, tonight it is on, not tomorrow

And it was excellent. Clive played loads, I read out 3 poems and it was just generally excellent

Shaving

And I had another shave with a proper razor s'morning. And today, as advised by Ed, I moved the razor down, rather than up on my neck. And good lord, a much closer shave there, good call Ed

Poohing Today

And I woke up s'morning, felt it and thought "First?" but squeezed it and ate sum breakfast before going to t'loo

(sent from my phone)