Clearing Out The Garage

So GGtGG got stuck into clearing out the garage today. There is lots of stuff that came from The Leonard Cheshire Home and hasn't been looked at since, now it just needs binning etc

And when we are rid of the tat we can actually organise, put the rest of the stuff on shelves etc

Walkies

So we headed into town for a Helena Style Walkie and parked on the turn in Lammas St, walked all the way thru town, up past Debenhams and sat on the warm from the sun bench at the top of the hill. Walked back down and headed up Mansel St to take us further walkies then headed back to the car.

All the way trying to teach my brain that this is the new habitual way of walking with my right leg

Drying Time

And the washing was dry an hour and a half after I hung it out today

Farmfoodsing

Then we popped into Farmfoods s'afternoon and bought more chilli and garlic 'ketchup' and I bought a few other items that we didn't really "need" but they were nice

Helena's Advice

And I took myself out for a walk down the footpath to the left of my house s'morning. I had no FES on but was trying to take Helena'a advice about bending my knee rather than my hip and for the whole couple of hundred yards of my walk both my feet stayed flat and level. This is just a wow in the extreme, my right foot used to be hitting the ground at 45° sideways at it's worst.

And I went out for another walk s'morning. It feels really odd. For some years I have been trying to lift my leg at the hip, but actually as Helena said to do it, it feel so wrong and low, but I just swing my knee forward and pick up my toes. It just feels all wrong compared with how I have been trying to RElearn how to do it, but my right foot stays flat and it feels more stable/better etc. Aargh, learning......

BUT by fark but it is easy to forget what I am doing and start to get it all wrong. Carrying stuff or any other distraction and it goes back to "my traditional" style. I have got to change what my brain thinks is traditional.....

A Bit *WOW*

So I just walked from the kitchen to the living room and it occurred to me, yes I am walking slower than I used to because I am trying various things, but as I walked my right foot stayed flat to the floor every step. That is just a WOW, it used to turn over nearly half way. Just by jasus, the improvement might be happening in small ways but it is even impressing me

Missed Her

And we missed Sam's class at gym as we were along the motorway at Neuro Physio Wales where we did loads of practicing moving my right leg properly. Which I do feel I learned from but I have to walk much slower until I have RElearned the habits

And we stopped off in Asda and had a cheap lunch on the way back, we would have been much too late to eat otherwise

Out Tonight

Then we are off out tonight to the monthly muso do at Caffi Iechyd Da (noisy link) in town

And there was a WTF but quite delicious dinner too....

Lunch

Then we came back and I ate my freshly picked veg and a bread roll for lunch.

Then I did an early wash up as we are going to Iechyd Da for a party tonight, so no dinner here

And is it just psychological or do I really feel better for eating such fresh vitamin-c?

We're Off

Then s'morning me and Timmy are off to fetch the veg from Iechyd Da and then go shopping in Morrison's

Which "we" did. There were no parking spaces on King St and there was no-one following us so Timmy parked mid-road and ran down to Iechyd Da. While he was away I saw a big red van coming behind us, it stopped about a hundred yards away, put on it's hazard lights and started unloading summat. Phew

Then we did Morrison's and came back, put it away then went back to gym to do my 3.25km row. And it was still too hot to do it fast, even in the air conditioned gym

And again I went to gym with no FES fitting because when I am there I don't use them and they would be sitting on my leg making me sweat and be uncomfortable so better off just not wearing them

A Bit Emotional

Looking thru some old photos s'morning and the odd one makes me a bit emotional. They are all so young.....

Off Out

And we are heading out to a meeting with WWEG in the ten-pin bowling centre just down the road from here. I won't be bowling, just socialising

Oh What Fun

And we had a fun session in the pool with an instructor s'afternoon. But it's finished now

And I did feel at one point when we were doing standy up exercises that I could actually get both my heels down, one foot in front of the other. Yes, it's harder, slower but it was progress

Nipped Out

So as it's a "have an early lunch" day before swimming class we nipped out to Home Bargains s'morning to fetch some toothpaste, some tooth cleaner heads and some birdfood. While we were there I noticed that Mansize Tissues were 50p a pack cheaper than anywhere else so I bought loadsa them too

NOT Quizzing

And I decided to not go to "the pub quiz" tonight as I am going out to hang around watching folk bowl tomorrow and going to Iechyd Da Folk Night the next night. So actually spending a night here is worth while

Hanging Out

And I did another load of washing and hung it out today.

When I was much iller I used to just tumble dry it. When I was healthier but still not very mobile so I couldn't walk on the uneven stones below the washing line I used to hang it on a clothes horse and dry it indoors. Now I just hang it out

And it was dry three hours later when I checked

Heat

And I was lying naked after my bath today with the window open. Not under covers or anything, it was blinkin' hot

Too Hot For Exer-fscking-cise

And today it is much too hot for exercise but I am @ gym cycling. I have done over 1km already but there is another 2.259km to go

Oh what fun we have...

And I cycled 3.25km and sed "Done" to RoyGBiv and he said "No, up to 10km" so it is not going as quickly as I thought at first

Knackering

And I am knackered already but "we" "need" to head to the gym and do 3.2510km on the bike today

I am looking forward to it already.....

Early

So I closed the curtains in my bedroom last night to see if that was why I was waking up so early but no, I was still awake at 6.45 s'morning