Batteries

So on my toothbrush charger a new light lit up. On reflection it meant the battery is dying, which upon replacing proved correct. I am puzzled tho, I thought it was a plug in device to charge my toothbrush but apparently not, one set of batteries to charge another, how small must the toothbrush batteries be if they can be recharged by a battery for so many months before *that* battery runs out of power

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ARGH, no, on reflection it is plug in powered, the battery light just meant that the battery in the timer/display unit on my bathroom wall was low

'Chairless

And it seems to becoming a pattern, I walked to my bedroom for my nap. I don't walk there at night as in the morning I have no splint on so start the day in my wheelchair

And I think Paul was right t'other day when I complained about how difficult it was to walk, he said "Keep practicing, it will get easier", it is still hard but it may be easier than yesterday

Sort Of Standing/Walking

So at lunchtime I got back into my wheelychair, went into the kitchen, went back and forward 17 times, or so, getting stuff out and making a brew, than at last I had to prepare some food, so I stopped, put the brakes on on my 'chair and walked forward half a dozen steps and stood there until my lunch was made

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And yes, it worked like this at dinner time too...

Edingtom

And Ed is coming in tomorrow to store loadsa what they have written about me on a DVD and to post it to my representative legal boffin.

Cooking

And I took out the stir fry I was gonna cook for dinner, opened the spuds hat need to go in't oven first and put the stir fry away. Gosh, I thought the spuds would be a top up, not as massive as a massive thing, so we will eat them with veggie burger and make a stir fry tomorrow

Sitting Down To Cook

But as I am so exhausted by seeing Sara then jumping in the swimming pool I am cooking from a sitting down wheelchair position

And it was a strange dinner, the spuds were strange but not that unpleasant. Linda McCartney veggie sausages really impressed Paul. He wasn't impressed by how they looked but how they tasted

Walking napwards

And as I am doing struggleworthy efforts to make myself get better I walked on my own two feet to bedroom to have a nap this afternoon

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'Wimming

Then we nipped off to the swimming pool. I walked to the edge of the pool, looked and laughed at the hoist which I had to use last week and jumped in. Gosh it was mad, I took in loads of water up my nose, opened my eyes, could see that I was underwater, didn't panic, came above the surface blew out water and breathed air. Hoo-flippin-ray. It was scary but I did it. So every week at the pool I won't have to ask them to fit the hoist now

Sara

Then Sara the physio came and did some balance work etc, she wore me out going "1, 2, 3" but it worked, I do feel better for seeing her

Afterwards she said "We will have to look at minor Botox in your right hand, the shoulder etc are all well but your fingers are still bent over"

Splintless Walking

This morning I thought to myself, "Leave your wheelchair and walk to your 'puter chair" but as I had no splint on I wouldn't do it until Paul was hovering next to me. It was as easy as pie, more difficult than walking with splint but still possible. I walked the whole way across my living room with no splint on

Burgers

So then I set out to make veggie cheese burgers, chips and beans for me, Freya and Dicky. It was OK, the making burgers bit (just put them in the oven) but a> I made cheese burgers and b> I had to slice open the burger buns and I used my right hand for that.

It wasn't the poshest food I have prepared but it was difficult and delicious

And after a whole day of walking everywhere I gave up and wheely-chaired to cook, as I had to do so much back and forwarding and nip to the Popty-ping etc (noisy link - not WS)

Nag

And I had a big conversation with Denyse. Effectively she said "You agreed to get better thusly, but you haven't for ages". Yes, she was right so today my wheelchair is parked across the room, waiting until I go out and I am walking everywhere in the house. Which I can do, I got p*ssed off with having to concentrate on walking so much but I can do it.

Much as it makes me want to cry, she was right!!!

Reminders

First Timmy reminded me of summat I hadn't thought of for a number of years, then next morning Paul reminded me of another of their songs that again I hadn't thought of for a number of years but could remember all the words to

Weirdy Marmite

Then I thought at lunchtime to take out some bread, some peanut butter and some Marmite. Weirdness, I was looking forward to eating sum Marmite again but was a bit nervous about spreading it. But Marmite no longer comes as a black sludge in a pot, it comes in a 'squeeze me out' container and seems slightly more ductile than I remember it in the past

Woe Is Me

And because they are doing some important work assessing a newbie MOS no-one will be free to take me to the gym.

Bitter tears

Team Meeting

So "they" are all having a conference in my kitchen while I sit out in my living room. My "Team Meeting" is going on

And Denyse nagged me a bit more about walking about the house, not wheelchairing. Glum but she might be right

Walking

And I just went in to see Ed to ask him summat, I parked my wheelchair near the door to this room and walked down the hall and into The Office. It is still "have to concentrate" difficult but way more doable than last year

Drinking

And s'afternoon when my mouth was still feeling "dentistified" I tried to take a drink from a bottle of Evian water. Fark it was difficult, I could only feel half the bottle top with my lips.

And blowing my nose was weirdness personified too...

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Dentistry

And now my mouth feels all strange, with numb lips top and bottom after the dentist struggled to fit in 2 fillings as the holes were awkwardly placed, sideways etc, but she managed.

Morrison's-ing

So me & Ed nipped to Morrison's, to buy summat to feed Freya tomorrow, to feed me & my staff for the rest of the week, and, more to the point, to buy some Blueberries which they had none of, and Tesco's had none of when we nipped there to check, on Monday

Betterer

And my left leg looks much betterer after 1 dose of Steroid Cream, it is not red, not hot just healing the bit that was my wound