Gymification

So s'morning eventually we headed to gym for an exercise session. I did my exercises then got on the bike. I only did 10 of my 20 minutes and climbed off. MOS protested but then I walked out of the room and walked down the stairs to leave.

Caffe

So s'afternoon we nipped out into Caffe Nero and had an excellent coffee. (So I won't have one with dinner tonight) This double chocolate cheesecake must be a myth

First

But before all the excitement we had to nip to More Reasons To Shop At..... and do my weekly shop.

Which was still smaller than my Aardvark shop on Friday

Perhaps

So today we are having a perhaps day on swimming. I will go along with my trunx in a bag but still wearing my sockings so it it is too busy we shall go upstairs and do a gym session instead

No, it looked really empty, by the time we had changed etc it was busier but not full of teenagers jumping in etc, it was much more civilised han last week

Debenhams

So s'afternoon me and Alex headed off to explore some shops, first of all we nipped into Debenhams, looked all around and didn't see a single thing that appealed to me. Except for women's clothing but as I am a man we didn't buy any.

Then we popped into Tiger, 2 doors up, and gaped in wonderment at some of the stylish tat they have on sale

Testosterone Working

And Alex was creaming my feet/legs s'morning and said "Wow, you have got hairs on your feet now too"

Hello Stranger

And an almost stranger was working today, my full time nurse Ed was working today

And he gave some worthwhile advice. While my right knee has been clicking when I walk, nowt I could do to make it stop, he did say bend it further forward in your step, which is working, if I bend it an uncomfortable amount forward it doesn't click. So now all I have gotta do is learn that so it will still work when I don't bend my knee quite so far....

Pizza&...

So we had the usual Friday Night Dinner of na'an bread pizza and chips which was as delicious as usual. This week we are on a fresh packet of frozen oven chips and they seem a bit...... different, possibly better than the previous packet

First Things First

So about 11 we went to Aardvark and spent the majority of my weekly shopping budget as usual. No blueberries this week, I tried blackberries instead for on my muesli

We were back home by 12 so I didn't get back in my wheelchair, walked around the kitchen and put it all away as there was time.

So in 10 minutes we gotta head to gym to my one weekly class. And that is making my brain ache somewhat, just getting down to a kneeling position there then getting back up by myself!!!

And Sam wasn't there but I did tell her substitute that Neil missed her etc. but AGAIN GOOD LORD how much better am I than last week. Today I was able to lift my right foot forwards over the hurdles, for ages I have done t'hurdles but had to move my foot around the hurdles but at last I can just do it now

Against My Will

So today I said to GGtGG "Lets go out for a long walk today instead of gymming" he replied "We can do both" so we have been to gym for a session on the exercise machines (incidentally I am a lot better at this that last week) then I walked down the stairs from gym next we are going to town for a long walk after lunch

And we nipped to town, parked outside Aardvark then nipped up town, I walked nearly the whole way up (to here), then GGtGG pushed me along King Street at the top to Lloyd's bank where I ordered another card, then I walked back the whole way along King St and down the hill at the end until I got back in my wheelchair about 2/3 of the way back down the hill

Memory

So as I was coming to bed tonight I thought "Oh, cereal...." but on reflection I can tell you that I did get my muesli ready etc, my memory isn't as bad as it once was, I can remember doing tasks etc

(Sigh)

So we went swimming slightly later today as "they" had told us it was quieter then. No it fscking wasn't, loadsa kids jumping in, loadsa kids in the way etc, it was a right pain

But I spoke to one stranger, I apologised for getting in her way and she did say that she has seen me getting better and better at stuff in the pool over the last year or so, which was nice to hear

Fixed It

And I was able to take advice from Alex and fix my own coffee pot, clean out the bits on the lid

He said turn that around, I thought WTF but with both hands it was easy. With both hands

More Reasons To Shop At....

And we had to nip to Morrisons tonight, I had been sent a fiver voucher which I forgot to spens on two Monday's and it runs out of date on Friday so we had to get some emergency frozen food

Brain Injury

So I was watching telly, saw a ref to a program called My New Brain I thought watch that and it turns out it's a program about suffering a Brain Injury. It's a bit close for comfort but I am trying

Aargh, I watched the first 25 minutes, nearly crying/shouting etc and the rest (35 mins) is available on the iPlayer for the next week

Out For Lunch

Then s'morning Freya and Brian, Julia's Dad, came and took us out for lunch. It was a really nice lunch, at Freya's suggestion we headed to Iechyd Da which was actually really pleasant and we had a big lunch at Brian's expense.

It was a nice trip out and a catch up

Strangely we parked down well below the cafe on a dotted double yellow and I just got out of the car with no 'chair and walked there and back, up and downhill. I am still getting better 

Quick Trip Out

And we had to do a quick trip out s'morning to go to the Drs for my asthma 'script then walk across to the chemist to get it.

Today was the first time I have ever managed the steep downhill (and back up) to the chemist without holding onto any support columns on the way past. My balance is still improving

Nor Tomorrow

I thought to myself that Alex will still be working tomorrow so he can take me to the pool at 1pm.

But then I recalled "No, we r having lunch with Freya and her grandparents tomorrow" so we will be busy at 1pm

Swimming. Or Not

So we went to pool today but it was much too busy with loadsa kids in as it is the summer holidays. So we went to gym even tho I was not wearing my sock info or my FES. But just good lord, how much better is my right foot at keeping flat, I didn't even have to concentrate on it, it just happened automatically. Muscle memory is making me happy

We spoke to someone on the way out and she said the free kids swimming time ends as 1pm

And I was sitting on various machines today some of which are much lower that my chair and I still managed that standing up with no hands thing.

Out

So tonight we were bored so we nipped out to Saint Clears to The Little Chef and had a brew and bun