Drunk In My Chair

And I did get drunk(ish) last night but my paranoia has become so intense that at no point did my chair press back onto the new tipper wheels. I have learned how not to fall over.....

Learn Every Day

So I said to Alex tonight "The eggs we have for tea have gone out of date, as my nose doesn't work can u smell them and say whether edible?". He said "No, see if they float, if they do they are edible".

Ooh, I didn't know that

Oops

Then today my phone cover broke in my pocket, so we went back to the O2 shop and asked for a new one. She said 'Receipt?' and I was a bit gobsmackered. I hadn't expected them to replace it for free so I was intending to actually pay for a newbie. So she offered me another one like had broken or another scarier model, which was more expensive but one wants quality

Out And About

So first thing me and Alex headed into town to buy some birfday cards for 2 relations, he said "Chair?" I said "No" because I thought the cards in Morrison's were next to the door. Instead he drove to Wilko's parked there and bought some tat for himself too. After we had walked almost to the back of the enormous shop and found some cards

Then on the way home he called unannounced into t'gym where I did loads of arm lifting exercises, still with no chair 

And It Occurred To Me....

When coming back out of the swimming pool I flicked myself backwards in the seat. It didn't tip, summat works

Eventually

Then eventually we are nipping out for a fscking swim in the pool later.

Hooray and other sarcastic comments

And we did it, went into the pool, thought it looked busy, waited while Timmy fetched floats etc then got into an almost empty pool. Dunno if we are notorious or what but as soon as we arrived nearly everyone else left. But I did 2 lengths on my back and 2 lengths in the breast stroke style

Then

Then I emailed my Drs and ordered another load of rub on my tits cream

Busyness

Then my busyness continued with GorgeousGreta coming to cut my nails, I had thought she would arrive at the same time as the wheelchair fixer but as he was soooooo early she didn't

Early Start

And before Timmy even got here for 10am the fixer of chairs had arrived, taken my wheelchair outside and fitted the new don't fall over backwards tools. The ones he came to fit a fortnight ago and didn't have the right nuts for etc. But it is now fixed

Out

So as we had no shopping today we just went out for a walk around (OK, I was pushed) around Carmarthen and we got an ice cream from the little stall in town

Fu*k Off Godbotherer

What do you know, you judgemental.....

Unexpected Shopping

So Ed was working today, he had promised me that he would bring food and cook it tonight but he hadn't so we had to nip to Morrisons and get some, I thought I hay as well shop today instead of tomorrow for next week so did that too

Twinge

And as I sat down to have my breakfast s'morning I felt a twinge from one of my buttocks, good lord, that's where I had the injection yesterday. The fact that it is so forgettable shows you how healthy/well-injected it was yesterday....

Sneaky Shop

Then s'afternoon we nipped to Farm Foods and got some more frozen food and Ben And Jerry's Ice Cream

Gymming

And we nipped to gym later and we're nearly alone as at the start of the class there was me and 2 other students and by he end there was me and 3 students. But it went well, I worked hard etc

And Sam commented again about how much slimmer I look now, I said "But my weight is hardly going down", she said "Yes, but the fat is turning into muscle"....

Hectic Morning

So first thing today we head over to the doctors for my Testosterone jab then over to Aardvark for my shopping, then to gym for the only class I do in the week then back here for lunch

So I went and had my jab s'morning which was more anticipation than pain, but not much, it did hurt but it's done

Then we went off to Aardvark, left my 'chair in the car and did my weeks shopping. AND we had time to come home and put the shopping away before gym, as we weren't too late at the Drs, half an hour wait then 20 mins session

Gymming

And me and Timmy went to gym s'morning and I did loadsa lifting exercises etc then 20 minutes on the bike. And just wow in lifting exercises, one exercise I used to be just able to do 6 or 9 repeats (in 3 sessions, with a rest between) now I can do 10 each session and my right arm is lifting about as much as my left arm. Improvement

Drowning

And we went swimming and I did more exercises and stuff but still managed 4 lengths on my back.

At one point I was stuck, in trouble but GGtGG managed to stop me even getting a mouthful so I shouldn't be too rude/vulgar to him later.

As difficult as that seems......

SultrySara

And we are off to do summat with Sara The Physio, dunno what/where we are gonne walk, she is gonna phone me in 10 minutes for a conference/perhaps say "Meet me here".....

And we went off to the National Botanic Gardens. I went there without my wheelchair this time and walked from the parked car, through the entrance and all the way up the hill to the glasshouse. I think if I had had my 'chair about 20 mins before we walked up I would have cried "Enuf" but as I had no 'chair and I wanted to get there I just walked on. Flippin exhausted afterwards but I did it

AND I did mention to Sara how my memory is still getting better and better, it would just have been SexySara last year but....

Back To Normal

Right, the "relaxing" weekend is over, back to struggling on......

So first of all we nipped to Morrisons and bought salad and bread rolls (for lunch) and bugger all else.

Next we are off to drowning/swimming pool....

And we went to the pool, did various stretch your muscles exercises, 2 lengths on my back and 2 lengths in the breast stroke stylee

Just One Copy

And I posted on Ixion tonight and just received one copy of it, so it wasn't an accident yesterday that it worked

Cutting

And as Ed is working today too I got a haircut.....

Another Bothersome Day

And I woke up s'morning convinced that Gorgeous Greta is coming to cut my toenails tomorrow so I'd better go and get sum cash to pay her but on reflection (Looking at my PC) she isn't due to next Monday

Last Night

I sent this to BT "I receive 2 copies of every mail I post to the list. So if I go into my preferences and tell it NOT to send me a copy of messages, will I still receive the "normal Ixie" post but not a duplicate copy of does that mean that I will never see my own posts to the list?

How do I fix it, please?" but today I just tried it, posted a testy to the list and just received one copy. How long has that been puzzling me.......

Or "bothering me" to be more precise....

Quiet Saturday

So all day I have been.......

Na'an Bread And Chips

We had the usual "Neil's cooking on Friday" dinner of na'an bread pizza and chips tonight. I think I might be getting even better at making it, it was lovely tonight

Class Today

So then we headed over gymwards and I had my only class of the week. Good lord, it went well and I am getting stronger every week. In the middle of class Sam said "Getting up and down exercise" and pointed at.... and after doing it I can get back up more easily than getting down so falling over doesn't scare me quite as much now

And we did the standing up from your seat exercise too. First time I held on with my hand to help me stand up, the last 4 I just used my feet to lift me up. Stage by stage I am getting better

.... Across The Universe (1)

So me and SmallPaul went to Aardvark s'morning, parked across the road and left the wheelchair in the car. Didn't have quite as much to spend this week as we had been away half of last week but my Fridge is full once again

(1) (sings)Aardvarking, across the universe, boldly going forward 'cos I can't find reverse.....(/s)

Recess

So recessionary Paul is taking a wages cut to come in and work with me today

Gymming

And I had my first session at gym this week today, it went really well, I am stronger, stamina-ific etc

Back To Normal

So I woke up in my own bed s'morning, walked into kitchen etc. Back to normal.

Have got hours of work to do on photo's etc but......

Pooh

And I am sh*tting myself now.....

Shopping

And we went to that Tesco's place tonight and I bought a toothbrush to take with me to Belfast, not taking the electronic device I use every day here, and a new roll of kitchen roll, not urgent but I needed it and couldn't be bothered adding it to a list for next time we are in Morrison's

Right Hand Peely

And I used my right hand to peel a carrot that we had for dinner. I peeled some more but I wasn't able to finish owt with my right hand

But I did a whole carrot, from start to finish!!!!

More Reasons To Shop At....

Then today we did an early shop at Morrisons (noisy link) to get it out of the way b4 going away. The only strange thing was to buy 4 bread rolls (instead of usual 8) and put them straight into the freezer, we will be back late on Wednesday night so as long as I remember to take them out then I will be able to have lunch on Thursday

Mañana

So tomorrow we are going to Belfast for a few days.....

Going Away in a few days...

And I feel a bit strange as we are flying to Belfast on Sunday night.....

...ming

Then we nipped to gym for a proper class with that Sam again. It went well, my FES is just working now so....

Aardvarking

And I got all that was on my list and a small amount of "Next weeks shopping" too, walked from the car, around the kitchen to put it away etc. My FES is fixed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Needing A Pooh

So I got up as usual s'morning, unusually I didn't need a pooh after breakfast, I sat down eating my breakfast, I was ⅓ of the way thru my muesli when suddenly I felt like I do need a pooh after breakfast. My bowels must have been asleep, they have woken up now....

On My Own Two Feet

And I walked out of front door, down the path, got the now empty food bin and walked around the house and put it away

Walking, on my own two feet

Were Off

And in a bit I will eat an early lunch then fit my broken FES etc and head off to clinic in Swansea and, hopefully, have it mended in time to go to Belfast on Sunday

And Ed put it on me s'afternoon and it worked straight away. Unlike last 2 times I tried but we will go and complain anyway. It stopped working when I was locking the front door, stayed off the 12 steps to the car and started working as I stepped up into t'car

And it was well worth the visit. He looked at it, changed some settings then changed the bit at the end of the wires, the underfoot sensor, and it works now. He gave us a spare sensor to keep in case but it works now, it was just the sensor, not the actual "box" thingie

It works now!!! 

Puzzled

And when my alarm clock went off s'morning I looked at my alarm clock as usual and I was really puzzled and confused when it said "8am", I was convinced that I had gone to bed for a nap in the day then woken up, but it was morning so..... no......

Loo Roll

Then we headed over to Wilko's and got some loo roll for the staff but they had no printer ink so we had to head to Tesco's again and get some of that there.

Ho Hum

So "we" went swimming at lunchtime. It wasn't busy but I did have as much fun as usual. However when swimming on my back I can now go much faster for a number of reasons. A) Kicking with my right foot, doing proper up and down movements and B) Using my right hand properly in the fully extended position

Out Tonight

So after his paint had dried properly "we" headed out for a walk around Carmarthen. A) Hasn't it changed loads since when my memory was created and B)There was no-one about at such a late time, 8pm!!!

Then

Then we nipped to gym for a relatively early exercise session because GGtGG has some touching up to do on the paint on the front door and it can't be closed until both coats of paint have dried so we can't go anywhere else today

That T Place

So s'morning me and GGtGG went to Tescos and bought the only Sweet Potato Oven Chips we can find in Carmarthen. Nothing else, minimum spend in the enormous shop

AF Tracking

So s'morning I was just playing with my camera (as usual!!) and I discovered it said "AF tracking ^", I thought "WTF?" called Alex, he said "Dunno" so I got on that Interweb and almost immediately found out. So if I switch AF tracking on.... when it next focusses on summat I switch tracking on then it stays in focus even if eg that person moves in frame it will follow them. So I called Alex in to try it, locked on him and held my camera still while he walked backwards and forwards and the "focussing here" bit of graphic followed him backwards and forewards

But just wow generally, cameras are so much more sophisticated and clever than they were 25 years ago when I got my Nikon FE2 SLR

'Wimming

And HOORAH we are going to the 'pool later for a dip

And it wasn't too unpleasant, we aimed for a 1pm start and that seemed like a quiet time

And it felt so grubby today nipping to bed having not had a bath. But having had a shower a couple of hours ago...

THAT Works

And s'morning I was making a pointless page to retry and make part of a photo clickable which I had tried to do t'other night and it hadn't worked but on the pointless page it did, so hopefully summat has been learned.

Just click on part of a pic....

Wallpaper

And in doing summat to my phone today I accidentally lost the picture off the front, I panicked for a bit but then Ed showed me how to download and put in place free substitutes

Grumpy

And this makes me a bit grumpy, I was in a medical establishment and they fed me way too many chips and I put on the weight

Bought Salad

So today I had to purchase some salad for the first time in 3 weeks because I have been eating my own growings but I finished them yesterday.

Sunday Shop

Then s'morning me and TheNearlyQualifiedNurse went to Morrison's and got the small amount of food that I needed

Middle Of Nowhere

Then after lunch today we went out driving a very long way to the middle of nowhere, up a single track road to find an Eco-House that was built ½ underground 20 years ago. It was well impressive looking but not open to visitors, somebody lives there

Horse...

So we were out in the car s'afternoon and we passed some Horse Pecadillo, no Horse Poppies, NO Horse Parsley, that's what it's called. I remembered after about ¾ of an hour later

Computer Crisis

Then suddenly today my 'puter went wrong. When I was typing EVERYTHING WAS COMING OUT AS CAPITALS even tho the caps lock light was out, and typing numbers, instead of 1,2,3.... symbols were appearing !, ", £.... etc. It was as if a shift key was stuck down. Much pressing of buttons later I went into the kitchen and searched the interweb on the iPod, some minutes later I found summat which said "Press shift 5 times to unlock it" came back to my PC, pressed left shift key 5 times, it was still wonky afterwards, shifted my attention to the right shift key and visibly it was stuck down at one end, it is a long key and one end of it was stuck down, I tapped it once, it unlocked, came level and all the typewriter functions are proper again, 1,2,3 etc

Naan bread plain

And we had the usual Friday Night dinner of Na'an Bread Pizza and oven chips for tea. This week we hadn't been able to get the usual spiced up Na'an (garlic and coriander I think) just plain, so it wasn't as nice as usual but well OK for a weekend dinner

More Reasons To Shop At....

So because I was bored tonight Alex suggested we nip to Morrisons and get some G&B plain chocolate as recommended by Denyse and while we were there my eye was caught by a new product. It looks tasty, healthy, and having read the small print there is no added sugar...

And what colour is this flavour that I chose this week?

Gym

Then we headed off to gym. And it was a class without Sam!!! But the FES isn't working again, after we changed 1 part and it made loadsa difference now it is not working at all

Aardvarking

So as usual on a Friday we headed to Aardvark and bought more than usual. As I had a go upstairs for some bog roll, I bought most of the other stuff from upstairs to save me a trip. And we bought loadsa veg, milk, yoghurt etc. And we bought 10 dates which were very nice, I had them as part of my lunch

Medical....

I feel this story is close to my heart after they were sufficiently advanced to save my life, but what do they do now....

Waiting

"So a quiet afternoon then we are heading to Iechyd Da for an evenings entertainment" still waiting........

And it was entertaining after all.

And I was getting a bit paranoid about how often I need the loo but s'evening I only went to the loo twice while I was out, so paranoia is paranoia

Out

So first thing s'morning we headed to Wilko's and bought some containers so I can take my medicine on't plane going to Belfast. Apparently they have a 50ml limit so....

Then we went to gym and did my usual "loadsa exercises"

So a quiet afternoon then we are heading to Iechyd Da for an evenings entertainment

But when we headed out I had on my new FES connectors which arrived yesterday and hadn't been used b4. I was nervous but they worked, as good as new so I now know that the FES is fully functioning

Poohing

So reading this article about how poohing is wrong for all of us, well, when I lived in a bender I was poohing more properly, apparently

Out To Carmarthen

So we headed off into Carmarthen tonight, and didn't see much, closed shops, out of business shops and about 7 passers by. All night

Damn It

So as we are going swimming today I thought "I'd better go here and here and get my stuff out ready. But it is so far to walk!!" but then it occurred to me that walking anywhere is therapeutic, exercise etc so I shouldn't complain too loudly

And we went swimming. It was quieter than yesterday...... oh what fun we had, it's finished for this week now

Alex said....

And I said to Alex "Do you want toast or oven chips with your scrambled eggs for tea tonight?" and he had to say "Ah, I like scrambled eggs but my wife got 4 chickens last week, we had an omelette then, scrambled eggs for breakfast next day, boiled egg for lunch, fried eggs for tea, I just really don't want eggs again......

Nipped To The Shops

So then s'afternoon we nipped into Wilko's and picked up some Duck Fresh Disk's loo disinfectant stuff (noisy link)

Not Gym Today

And as they messed up Bank Holiday swimming we went today. It seemed full of kids, we thought ½ term was just one day but perhaps some of them have a week off

Pouring

And I poured milk onto my muesli and mouthwash into the tub with my right hand today!!!!

Aftermath

And because I was doing various "stretchy chest" machines earlier my chest hurts like a very....... thing now.

Hoo-f**king-ray

Gym

So me and Timmy went to gym, not swimming today, and he commented on my chest hurting etc and because of that we went and had a go on the hand bicycle for the first time in ages. Just wow how much easier is that nowadays.

Then we went on to another 'stretchy  chest' machine then a bike 

Bother (B*m)

And I have just had a chat with Timmy during which he said "Ah, but your FES is broken, so I think walking out would be a bad idea, lets go to gym"

And the postman to bring the replacement bits won't be here 'til tomorrow, bank holiday today.....

Dream

And last night I actually had a dream that I remembered. I had a dream that we had gone to look at some kind of record player device, I agreed that it was nice but I wouldn't buy it until I had heard it, but then I paid for it anyway, before heading home without it........

Second Coat

So "he" has driven me to the shop and is now busy giving the back door a second coat. In a bit he will move on to the front

Slow

So t'other day I was bathing with a potentially under charged battery in my 'getting out of the bath' devices (1) and I was paranoid that it was taking ages to lift me out of the bath but today it was fixed and it took just as long

(1) The plug had been knocked out at some point in the night, it was recharging

Change Of Name

So Alex has changed his name to Timmy. Or the other way round. Or summat. It said on my diary that Alex should be here at 10 s'morning, but at 4 minutes to 10 Timmy pulled up in his car

First Coat

And GGtGG got stuck in today, prepared the paintwork then gave both doors a first coat with the new paint that I had to buy t'other day.

He will give 'em a second (and hopefully final) coat on Sunday when he is working next

(Another view on Saturday)

Dinner

And I made my usual Friday night tea of Na'an Bread Pizza and Chips and it was lovely as a very......

Proteiny Lunch

Then I had my new baby bel cheese with lunch, as instructed by Denyse

Gym Class

Then I had my 1 gym class. It was surprisingly easy even without my FES on. Because of that I was pushed in on my 'chair but I stood up for the rest of class

But the muscle memory that my FES has created is incredible, frankly

Friday Feeling

So start the day with trip to Aardvark then my weekly gym class

And I went to Aardvark and spent loads. But as it stopped working yesterday I had no FES on, but I just walked everywhere no problem. I feel tired now but I still know I can walk to (and around in) gym

Fredumpkins

Then Freya came down later and was well cool. She ate that pasta and stuff that I had cooked and complimented me on it's loveliness

Odd Shop

So after fixing the internet me and Timmy nipped to Morrison's, then to Tesco's as they had run out there.... So t'other day Timmy was discussing my diet with Denyse and she was a but insistent "More protein" so we were looking for a selection of mini cheese treats which we did find in Tesco. So 2 mouthfuls and it's gone but I need it every day, apparently

Hectic Day

So today we have a technician coming to fix my 'chair, to put some "prevent it falling backwards" equipment.

Concurrently Timmy will be fitting the new wire on the internet, so it will be even faster...

 So the 'chair fixer arrived at 9 s'morning, fiddled about said "Nah" and arranged to try again next week

Then

Then we went to swimming pool. I had as much fun as usual but it is incredible how much progress is being made in this getting better malarkey

Out

So s'morning we started by going to the doctors and picking up my script, then walking across the way and down to the chemist. Waited 20 mins then left, with a bagfull of medicine. IIRC it is the first time that I didn't use my 'chair for any part of the journey, I walked all of it.

Then we drove to Aardvark where again I walked from car to shop and just picked up some pasta sauce, as Freya is coming tomorrow when Timmy will be here who doesn't eat my food, and I cooked some last week and put half the chopped up veg into the freezer, so everything else is here, ready

Force Of Habit

So I am travelling about in my wheelchair as it's evening. So I zoom about with my right foot stuck out in front and propel with my left foot. But NO, my right foot works now, I should be using it. But force of habit....

That's What It Is

And while we were out we were passing loads and loads of a flower that I asked Timmy(?) if he recognised it t'other day and he said "No", but tonight as I was with Alex, and he said "Horses like it, it's called Hedge Parsley (1)" (as he feeds his wife's horses so knows about that). According to the interweb it can also be called Cow Parsley so they must like a nibble of it too

(1) Amongst other things e.g. Queen Anne's Lace

Oot For A Drive

And we nipped out for a drive. Turned off the main road, turned off again, I have no idea where we were but it looked good. And the rain stopped there too

What A Morning

So first of all we went to the hospital and drove round and round the car park and couldn't find a space.

So we drove off to gym. And got there too early so it was full of schoolkids having lessons. But pushing between them I managed 4 weight machines and a 20 min cycle

Then we tried hospital again, it was much quieter by now so we managed a parking spot and went in to cue for the blood sampler. Eventually he saw me, had some trouble finding a vein again, but succeeded in taking my samples which will be sent off to the testosterone Dr.

The Internet

Megaweb, suddenly out of the blue tonight

Hooray

And we are nipping to t'pool today.......

And strangely enuf, I did various exercises first then Timmy said "Breast stroke action, like we did last week", I was puzzled but in the end with a weight/float in each hand and my legs just doing a front crawl action, with a support round my chest I did not one, not two but 3 lengths trying to make my arms move strangely sideways (noisy link)

Maps

Just been looking at Google Maps around Carmarthen and it is just WOW, how posh can computer software be, holds so much information....

Dinner Tonight

So we are having my usual Saturday dinner tonight, roasted veg, as we had the first pasta I have had in years last night

Fark, I love that dinner, it was delicious.....

Bruising

And while we were out in the daylight Paul said "Good lord, a bruise on your head" and yes, there is one just to the left of my mohawk from t'other night

Out

So s'morning Paul came in and handed over. Then he made a cuppa and passed me a pack of Oreo Cookies which were rather nice. Then we nipped off to Morrison's and did my weeks shopping, very little was required, but we did notice that the Go Bars (healthy snack) were half price so I brought 7 packets home instead of the one per week I normally eat

Falling Backwards

And it is still astounding me, t'other night when I fell over I was able to get myself back up, from on the floor to on my feet with no problem