Strange Pooh

So I went to the loo s'morning, sat down and squeezed. And squeezed a bit more... etc final squeeze and gave up, thought "No pooh s'morning".

Went about my business. 4 minutes later I went for another pooh, squeezed and did it, big style.

4 friggin' minutes, dunno what the difference was

Right Shoulder

And my right shoulder is getting better. I can't remember what it was doing not to work but I noticed when taking my jacket off s'morning, it just shrugs off both shoulders now whereas before I kind of had to take 1 shoulder off and pull it off the other with my opposite hand

Out For Dinner

So because the middle of the kitchen was full of recently done grout etc (new pic now) we had to go out for dinner.

We went to The Harvester and it was..... OK

Fixer

And the plumber who I was expecting tomorrow came today, 10 minutes before a delivery of my new boiler. He spent today drilling holes for the new gas pipes etc and tomorrow he is gonna switch off the gas and fit the boiler. As it happens there was no time to go swimming today so I will go tomorrow which implies a shower there instead of a bath here. And the bath won't be hot tomorrow so....

Refit It

And today we had to go off and but some gubbins to enable Timmy to fix my kitchen floor. It had started a few weeks ago but got much worse yesterday, a couple of the tiles had just decided that UP was right for them rather than DOWN ON THE FLOOR

In Awe

And I am completely in awe of my dentist. Not only is she as beautiful as a badger but my jaws ached because she had to pull so hard to remove the tooth but the socket doesn't/didn't hurt at all

Hot

And I was marginally nervous getting into the bath today but the water kept coming out warm

Even tho I was paranoid and I kept getting burned as I stuck my foot under the hot tap to check

Useful Chap

So today I told Small that as I am staying here he'd better get stuck in and fix the wires in the bedroom, the ones that are nailed up about 1 inch up in the middle of my skirting board

Crisis

So I started running my bath today, nice warm water running. So I got into the running bath when suddenly the hot tap started running cold water. I switched it all off and tried again. Still cold. So I shouted help and explained the crisis. He went out, looked at the boiler, ran a tap came back and said "It works" So I said switch the boiler off, leave it for 10 seconds and switch it back on. He did and it started running hot again.

Dunno why that happened

Link To Later

And I was looking and trying last night couldn't make it work but s'morning I realised, just remove 1  "character" and it worked again

Teeth

And I did all the brushing teeth thingy again last night for the first time since my trip dentistwards, it worked OK, no blood etc

So she must have done a good job, my jaw hurts some as she had to press so hard but there was no pain around the gap

Too Much

And today has been much too busy, with stuff I need to absorb etc

Plumbers

And today the plumbers made their first visit. So today they were just cleaning out the system, before changing over to a new boiler. They did all that and the radiator in my bedroom has started working again, it must have been just clogged up with `dirt`

But it works!!! Hoo-flipping-ray....

Gymming

Then we went to gym and did a load of exercises. I didn't take my wheelchair this time. Someone commented about how much better I am, at a guess I forget and just carry on.

Then afterwards GGtGG insisted that I cycle for 10 minutes

Denysing

And Denyse phoned me s'morning. Said "Can u come to Cardiff for our meeting next week instead of my coming to yours?" and more to the point told me that the sale of my house is all going thru, next Wed or Thursday I will be a home owner

Ing

And we went Aardvarking s'morning, did it all on my own two feet. We left my 'chair outside as we had to park miles away and walk.

 'Cos it was free parking there

Eclipse

And we were able to look at the eclipse thru Timmys sunglasses today and it did look incredible if still a smidge bright

Eat

And I could eat s'morning without too much hassle

And I forgot at lunchtime and just started chewing with both sides of my mouth

Light

And I was up at 6.09 s'morning for a pee and I didn't need to switch the light on, it was bright enough that I could just see then

S'Morning

So today, I got to the dentist, walked from the car although Timmy did bring my 'chair in case I was wonky afterwards. I walked in, sat on a proper seat, walked to the dentists from there, walked back out afterwards. Back up the steps (about 10 or 12) that I had walked down to get in

And I was able to go 'left right, left right' up and down the stairs and I seemed to just be walking properly up and down, which is an improvement

Exercise 4 Today

As I couldn't go to gym after dentist I got a lift to Morrisons, walked in shop with no 'chair present, walked all around the shop, bought 2 items (put in my shopping basket which I was carrying), queued up, bought 'em, walked back out of shop to car, walked from car to home

AND I was able to use my small Morrison's Match & More card, the small ones are for shop, the big one for the petrol station. 

Fear

So I am on my way to have my whole premolar tooth out today

It was tomorrow yesterday....

Well. It's done. Couple or 3 injections and she had to really press on my jaw but it's done

And by half past two the jabs had suddenly worn off so I could go trying to eat. I was apprehensive but it went OK, eating with the other side of my gob. Now it has worn off it hurts some but hopefully not too badly

Us Veggies

So I was on my way to bed for my nap s'afternoon, I thought "Oh, I need another pooh", went to the loo, squeezed, nothing, squeezed some more and suddenly farted for about 25 seconds. That was it, pressure relieved, I didn't need a pooh at all

Using My Right Hand

I walked into the living room earlier and noticed that my pirate cushion had fallen over, face down. So I walked over, reached out with my right hand and turned it over

Gosh, it is so unusual just being able to use my right hand for simple tasks like this

Happy Monday

So I was trying to get my head round swimming today and I noticed a reminder for tomorrow.

Hoo-fscking-ray

And it actually wasn't too bad today. The pool seemed well empty so nobody got in the way. When we were changing on the way in someone had abandoned loads of tat on the floor in the changing room so we had to tell a chap and he got on his radio and by the time we came out it was all cleaned up.

So when we were leaving Jane and another MOS were sitting there and I actually had to say, it didn't come easily, but I had to say thank you

Seeds And Stuff

And we headed out at dinner time tonight and went to Wilko. There we picked up some compost and some seeds etc, my veg trug will spring to life tomorrow

Me Tarzan

So me and Alex bought some petrol then headed for gym and did another "on machines" workout

And as I was leaving I saw Jane so I was able to start our conversation with "Me Tarzan..."

Hoo-fscking-ray

And as Timmy remembered his stuff s'morning we are going swimming in a bit

And it did my head (or rather my knee) in that I was swimming lengths, trying to use both feet and while my right foot is physically capable of helping now, it simply is disobedient, it won't. Every session I nag some more, eventually the muscle memory will kick back in

More Reasons....

So "we"(1) headed off to Morrison's (noisy link) and did my weekly shopping s'morning. I had to buy very little, naan bread to make pizza on Friday, bread rolls for lunch, booze and that was about it

(1) Me and Alex

Dinner

And we had the usual "cook for Saturday" from scratch meal tonight, and it was lovely. We had some beetroot to roast this week and I think it was quite nice.

At least GGtGG said it was too and his taste buds work more properly than mine

Early

No, I miscalculated, we set off at 9 AM for the hospital. A chap whose name happened to be Sam did my legs, there is much evidence of old clots but the blood seems to be getting around them OK etc, I am as healthy as possible, so.....

Scan Me

And we are off about half nine in't morning to hospital in Llanelli for an ultrasound scan which I don't think is important but someone has to finish their research

Disgruntled

And as Alex said to me today "You can get drunk tomorrow as you can't today - ultrasound tomorrow morning" so I am more peed off than usual, staying sober for a night is no problem but being told I had to after finishing today's activities made me wanna cry. Then have a pint

Gym

And after that we headed to gym for my one class per week. As we went there I was trying to make various excuses about why I couldn't cycle afterwards and Alex said "OK then walk up the stairs instead" which I did. 10 minutes into class Sam told me that one of the other students had walked up after us and had commented to Sam about how I wouldn't have been carable of that 18 months ago, when he first met me

Aardvarking

So first thing s'morning (well second after the "handover")  me & Alex went to Aardvark and as usual bought loads of food.

I was brought down the street in my wheelchair, parked it outside and walked all the way round inside, like I can now. After we came back I carried on walking, walked from the car and put it all away from my on two feet

And waiting behind the counter was my bag of flapjacks left for me by the makers who had to deliver there yesterday. I praised them in an email so they dropped me off a few as a thank you

Fredumpkins

And as I hadn't seen Freya for a couple of weeks and I thought she was now in mid A-level I didn't try to contact her. So I was well pleased when she contacted me t'other day and said "Hello Daddy" so we headed out and had dinner @ Frankie and Bennys which was as lovely as a lovely thing tonight

And she announced that she is taking a year out before uni and heading to Canada!!!!

My Bath Was Crying

So today I climbed into (OK, I was lowered into) my bath for the first time since Monday, as I had been @ swimming pool and therefore showered last 2 days. I tried to cheer it up but it was hard

'Wimming

And I am so..... we went swimming s'morning and it was.... OK. So today I had to do my exercises AND "he" made me do 4 lengths too. All done and dusted, now relax once more

Change Of Routine

So as I was coming into t'living room s'morning I thought to myself "What t-shirt am I wearing. Is it decent enuf for swimming pool?" but then it occurred to me, "You no longer wear summat, your chest is no longer spotty!"

Oh yes....

A Morning Victory

And before I had even finished my coffee s'morning I won

Landlady

And when we returned from swimming today who was sitting in her car outside but the landlady. She said she had phoned the house but there was no answer so she had come herself to let in the plumber who she was now waiting for. Because part of the deal me buying the house involves a new boiler.

So it looks like the sale is going ahead

The plumber was just here to check the fitments etc on the boiler. He will be over next weekend to fit it, hopefully

Sigh

And because we had strange gymming instead of swimming yesterday then we are going to the pool today.

Hoo-fscking-ray

Sigh some more. So I went in without my t-shirt as my spotty chest has gone and today we had a "swimming but no exercise" day and did 10 lengths of backstroke wita floating aid today. So tomorrow we will have an "exercise but no (or 'less') swimming" day

But again I didn't sit in the shower chair in the changing room, I used it to lean on while walking but didn't sit in it

Docs

Then we went to the Drs to pick up another 'script for "rubbing on Neil's boobs" cream which is definitely making a difference

So as it was raining SPaul pushed me from the car park into the docs, I then stood up, walked over to the queue for scripts then walked back to me chair. He pushed me into the chemist, I stood up and walked etc

More Reasons

Then we went on a rescheduled trip to Morrisons where me and SmallPaul (Timmy had gone in his car after gym) got everything that was on my list

Strange Gymmy Morning

So we started today with me and Timmy taking SmallPaul to gym as I am using many more exercise machines than last time SP was there so he needed showing how to keep me safe etc, instead of swimming which I nearly cried for

Important Walkies

And we went out for a drive around then stopped for a brew tonight. I walked in and out, left my wheelchair in the car

Take It Down

And paranoia, one part of me thinks "Take it down" about my looking for houses piece but as we are in the process of buying this, we haven't signed anything yet I am too scared...

Good News, sort of

So s'morning Timmy said to me that we had better go gym instead of swimming tomorrow as he needs to get SmallPaul back up to speed with what I am doing etc. I thought "Hooray" but then he said "I have txted Alex and told him to bring his trunx on Tuesday" so it wasn't quite the news I thought it was at first

Camera Instructions

So today I was stuck, couldn't remember how to change the aperture on my camera. I looked at the text "they" had made, no answer, so I watched a .wmv video that "he" made of me and the instructor.

So then I was able to add a bit to the bottom of my text piece of paper, the instructions

Knee

And it does my head in. I have just recently learned that when I walk I need to put my right heel down first then move my right knee forwards about ¼ of an inch then carry on walking. This has made walking so much better, more upright, more balanced etc.

Now my left leg just knows to not put the knee too far back but somewhere along the process of being fscked my right knee has forgotten, I need to concentrate and make sure while walking whereas my left leg just knows. Oh fsck, fsck, fsck, why can't I remember how to walk?

Gymneroo

Then I went for my once a week session in a class @ gym and worked very hard but I can feel how much I am improving.

We went off leaving my wheelchair in the kitchen which is still a bit mind boggling but I can do it. And if we break down I will phone the RAC or a taxi to take me home so no worries

Aardvarking

And we were a smidge late setting off for Aardvark as Alex had his interview with Timmy s'morning, but we did it all, got veg etc and milk and eggs and still had finished about 50 mins before we need to head over to gym, for my weekly class

And while I was there Ann(e) who was the boss when I worked there was there. She gave me a hug and said how impressive it was to see me on my feet etc etc. She also commented on me still having a mohawk, she said one of her customers commented one day about how that chap that looked intimidating and scary was actually rather nice to deal with

BoTox(2)

And MTTP, I had a piss, got in the car, drove for ages (OK, "was driven for ages"), sat in hospital, drove back for ages and got home more than 3 hours after we left.

Then I went to the loo for the next time

BoTox

So we got up early, headed eastwards at 9.30 s'morning, arrived in Neath at hospital, went in, eventually found where we were supposed to be, got on couch, she examined my hand/arm and my leg, called in a more senior doc then said "No injection for you, you are too well now, it will set you back"

So my disappointment about having made a pointless trip is torn with my pleasure that I am getting better

Jab

And I have to get up early tomorrow and head east early to Neath Hospital where I am having a BoTox injection

Nipped Shopwards

Then me and GGtGG nipped out to Farm Foods and Tesco's tonight. Some frozen chips and potato waffles from Farm Foods and as many packets of sweet potato oven chips as I could carry from Tesco. That and food waste bin bags are the only things I buy in Tesco's

Speaking

So I was watching a video that we took at the camera shop t'other day today, I speak to the expert and I was astonished at how abnormal my voice sounds. I mentioned it to my MOS and he commented on how much better my voice is now than it was last year

Hoo-flipping-ray

It Should Be Broken

So I was starting to prepare to make lunch. I pushed over the trolley with a mug and my coffee pot on it. As it went over the edge of the carpet my coffee pot wobbled and then tipped itself over the edge, it had fallen down.

So...

It fell off, and landed in my nearly full bin. It had an easy landing, I picked it back up, rinsed it out and used it again

Much relieved... 

Walkies

And as I have taken my FES off as I am nipping to the swimming pool in a bit but just now I was walking thru my house and my right foot is so much better even without FES. It still is even better with it on but it has made me relearn how to be so much better anyway.

I have to concentrate in placing my foot flat but not as much as I did last time I checked

But the swimming went well, I can't describe it but I am just much better at moving in the water etc. AND I didn't sit in the shower cripple seat, I used it, wałked beside it across changing room, showered standing and pushed it backwards too

Cleaning

And GGtGG got stuck in cleaning all my windows. (noisy link) It is amazing what a difference it makes, how grubby they have got in the last few weeks since he did it last

(Swear)ery

Then we nipped to gym as the going home time seemed to be crossed etc and I worked hard again. Today Alex said "Right bike now..." and I said "No, rowing boat device instead" which was nice, the first time I have just used it on my own as it were

Photo Training

And we (me and Alex) are off in a bit to have a "using digital camera" lesson

(And I have got to pay for it too....)

And we went off, walked in there and he told me loadsa stuff which I may or may not remember but it was good, he told me loadsa useful stuff

And Alex has just finished splitting the video he took of

the lesson into 6 separate parts, useful info there

Oh What Fun We Had

So at lunchtime me and Timmy headed for the swimming pool. We had a conference first along the lines of "Swimming day or exercising day?" so as we had a swimming day I swam 10 lengths on my back. He was going "More" but I had to be stroppy and leave.

Afterwards when we were showering and drying Timmy realised that he had forgotten my deodorant, so he lent me some of his, it was a spray. So I did my right armpit using my left hand and then came onto doing my left armpit using my "It's broken" right hand, but it just worked which made me smile

More Rugger

And it is Ireland playing England in an I think very important match for the competition this year

Noisy

So I got up at 6am for a pee s'morning and you should have heard the number of birds and how loudly they were singing

Rugger

And I watched two first halves and one second half of rugby matches, the 6 nations today. And tomorrow there is another game on

(And Wales won!!!)

Connector

And me and Ed had to nip to B&Q and buy summat small to connect the groovy hose that we bought last week to the other stuff that was in the box with the hose, the sprinkler etc

Samless

So we headed over to my once a week session in the gym class. Sam wasn't there to take it today, a chap called Gareth was standing in. He didn't half work us harder, I think in some ways he wasn't aware of our "can'ts" and just carried on. Because of this I had a session on the different bike they have in there and I actually managed. It was a struggle but I think I wouldn't have been capable a month age

-ing

So we are going off to Aardvark in a bit, walking upstairs there to get some stuff too

Excellent, done it, got most stuff. AND I walked back downstairs(1) too

(1) And my walking up and downstairs is getting better. According to GGtGG I walked up faster than he had ever seen and I walked back down keeping myself straight etc

In A Bit

And we are going out to have dinner out and a night out at Caffi Iechyd Da in Carmarthen for their monthly cwm-all-ye music nights

And a good time was had by all, although there weren't that many folk there. But we were drinking Organic Bitter beer, which pleased me

Washing Up

And I actually did the washing up after lunch. Because we are going out tonight so there was only a smaller amount and there is no "Where shall I put this?" crisis

'Wimming

And as Timmy announced this morning that we needed to swim today as we had missed 2 this week at lunchtime we went to the swimming pool. Out plan today was just swimming, no exercising, so by the end of the session I had done 10 lengths on my back.

I also felt colder in the water as I went swimming with no t-shirt on today as all the dreadful spots on my chest have cleared up. There are still a few on my back, apparently, but as I can't see them I dont care

Sideways Pics

And earlier I found that all the pics Sara had taken on her phone were presenting themselves sideways. They looked upright in Irfanview, which I use most of the time, but not in a web browser so I was panicking a bit. I looked thru other progs to look at the pics, then when I opened the pic in Gimp it said "Want to put the pic the right way up?", put it right, and then tried to save it in some obscure format. So I did that then used Irfanview to convert the obscure format to a jpg, this time a right way up one.

I don't know f. all about the uprightness and not of pics so if anyone has a clue drop me a line and I will hopefully learn

Therapy in't Pool

And Sara the physio lady is meeting me in the swimming pool to tell me to do more exercises etc. not that I wanna shout "I am getting better already and working already...." but no doubt she will find some other means of making me cry with exhaustion

Aargh, as she came there without her costume, she thought we would be in't gym, and I was wearing no FES so it was much harder to walk we kind of got stuck in to gym. So today, instead of bikeing I had my first turn on the rowing machine, then we had a go on every machine that was there. So no longer do I need to ignore half the gym, I can now use it all. 

But unlike Timmy on Monday and Sara today I had already packed my trunx

Hooray

So because we gymmed yesterday and tomorrow Alex said we can avoid it today (I brought the subject up, so hurrah) if we go out and have a long walk in town.

So a long long walk here we come....

As it's a nice day too, so wanna make the best of it....

Twice along Merlin's walk (there & back) plus a few yards at each end.

Then, after lunch we headed out to Farm Foods(1), walked in, took the long way round, as in went everywhere walking, finally found some Linda McCartney and bought sum, walked back out and finally sat down in't car

(1) Not that we needed anything, I just wanted to be out walking again somewhere

NOT Swimming

And we couldn't go swimming as Timmy had forgotten his stuff so we went to gym for a hard work session. Yes I did well, yes, I am surprised how much more I can do every week

Yes, I was knackered afterwards

My Stiffness

And my right shoulder is nearly better now, all freed up and able to move/look once more. Nearly

Multi Shopping

So we went to town s'morning with a mission and a shopping list for Morrison's

First of all we nipped to Argos and bought a hose and attachments for cleaning the car etc.

Then we nipped to Morrisons and got the small part of my weeks shopping

Fingers To Gareth

And nya nya nya to Gareth, me and Alex tried the crossword, I think he got one answer that I couldn't, had to give me the first letter of 3 or 4 more but we (mostly me) did it all, we only had to press CHEAT for one answer

Off Out

And we are heading off in a bit to the local pub to see a local (!) musician, (2nd down under todays date - Sat 21st) he plays geetar and sings

But I was thinking "Oh what do you call that pub?" then I just remembered. Spelt correctly too. So my memory is.....

Garlicky Dinner

And I made na'an bread pizza for dinner, as usual on a Friday, and GGtGG said "Well garlicky that was" but yes, I could taste that it was ripe with garlic

Well Recalled

And I am forever in debt to GGtGGs memory as he suggested "Dates" to me in Aardvark, yes I do enjoy them and buy some most weeks but I had been distracted today

Gym Class

Then I went to my weekly gym class and just impressed myself with how much better at certain parts of it I am. On the standy on and balance tools that I used to have to hold on with I managed, eventually, to balance for 12 secs. I told Sam about my sore neck from gym session t'other day and she just said "Yes, because you are getting better..." but actually by the end of the class it was easing off. So just gord nose but....

-ing

And we went to Aardvark for shopping s'morning, did my loads same as usual. But my phone had re-summated and I couldn't find my Aardvark shopping list. But the glamarous assistant was able to look at it and said "No, here" and I found it again.

Lookin' Better

And Ed is working today for the first time in a couple of weeks, he has been off training to be a nurse. So when I asked him to rub my cream on after my bath he said A) how much better the spots on my chest look and B) that my back seems fine so he thinks my strained neck was just from doing far too much at gym t'other day

Loads Exercise

So we went to gym today, I walked in, walked up the stairs, had 20 mins on the bike with 5 super fasty bits, got my breath back and walked back down the stairs, and walked all the way back to the car and got in

This being able to walk up and down stairs, after such an exercise session...

Half Term

And we had a conference s'morning and decided as it's half term that we won't aim to go on the exercise machines (and my shoulder still hurts from being so successful t'other day)  so I will just aim to use the bike machine

Strange New Purchase

So while I was in the dentist today I was looking at the "for sale" rack and got bitten by it, in the end I purchased a tongue cleaner device, to.... erm.... clean my tongue. It is part of the washing your teeth ritual, dunno if it is different/better than using my toothbrush but I have bought it now

It's Fixed

Wow. So we went into dentist at lunchtime. She poked, looked, x-rayed me and I waited. When the x-ray had come up she called me back in and said "It's close, but ultimately...", but basically said that on my next appointment she would have to take it out.

So blah, blah, blah we had another appointment already but there won't be enough time then to do scary stuff to my tooth so we have cancelled that and made another appointment to have my tooth out

So she has filled it with temporary white stuff that hopefully will last the few weeks 'til my next appointment. You can see how much of my tooth came out, there was only a small amount of tooth left but the whole root was there

No Swimming Today

And this morning I was chewing my muesli when there was a crunch and ⅔ of a molar tooth that "they" had to do loads of work on last year just fell out. So there is a scary rough bit where it used to be, Alex phoned and made an emergency appointment for this afternoon.

But why am I so pleased that there is no time for swimming

And about 20 minutes later they txted me and said "Appointment on.... at...." and it was a different time. So I panicked, said to SP he better phone them but he read the txt thru and said "No, different date, this is another appointment"...

Green Group

And me and Alex went along to the Green Party meeting, which was upstairs in the pub back room so I managed to walk up and down stairs many times (well twice) tonight. There were perhaps 25 Green activists there, me and Alex, Julia and Freya. Truly mind boggling

Didn't I Do Well

And I went to gym at lunchtime and managed everything, it wasn't too busy. But just how much better am I getting at loads of exercises. They seem easy now

Reading In Bed

So when I got in bed for my nap earlier I took my Kindle with me (I know) and tried to read it lying down. It was more difficult than upright reading but I managed, read for 15 mins before I shut my eyes and tried to nap properly

Double Sigh

So we went (quiet Neil)swimming(/qN) and it wasn't as bad as I expected. So I did loads of exercises and swam up and down, with GGtGG paying attention to his instructions and not helping me along at all

And I did 2 extra lengths, 6 in total so no doubt in future they will nag me to do more

And afterwards in the changing room I just pushed the showering chair over as a support, I didn't sit in it at all, purely showering on my own two feet

BT Yahoo Mail

I have given up, this email program doesn't work all the time, so I have given up again and just read my email on BT Yahoo Mail webspace

Gorgeous Greta

And LusciousLinda the Foot Fairy is coming in to cut my nails s'morning but I may have another nickname for her.

Not Curved

And my wrist looks straight here, which is quite pleasing

Early

Then I had my bath and my nap early so I could be up in time to see Wales win the rugger which was nice (noisy link)

Shops

Then l8r we nipped off to More Reason's To Shop At... and was actually rather impressed with how little stuff we actually needed, we bought it and came home then

Late

So Timmy is coming to work an hour late today as he is taking his son for the first time to the cinema, to see Peppa Pig (noisy link)