Just WOW what a difference

So s'morning Paul showed up in his van, not who I was expecting but at least someone showed up. Shortly after we had done the showing him how to fit my new splint and my new Bioness device we set off.

So I was a bit nervous but we tried wearing my Bioness to gym.

What can I say but "WOW" it makes a big difference, a number of people commented on how my walking has changed, looks better etc

Lived & Learned

And tonight I ate (link to yesterdays) burger and backed small new potatoes and tonight I picked up the burgers with the big flat lifter and the spuds with the big spoon device and tonight it worked

Windy Miller

So I was in the bathroom running my bath. I thought I needed a pooh but couldn't make anything come out, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze. So I moved over towards the bath when suddenly an ENORMOUS fart escaped and I didn't need a pooh any more

(sent from my phone)

Walkies

And we went out today with my new electrical device on my leg and someone pushing my wheelchair behind and walked up the street for 15 minutes and back down. I only had 2 rests, stationary, in my 'chair.

I didn't quite make it to the pub as I was thinking "I am allowed even on a non drinking day as it is SO impressive"

And it is all uphill that I covered today. And back down obviously...

(sent from my phone)

More Reason's To Shop At...

So we went off to Morrisons and did my weeks shopping today

Live & Learn

So tonight I was cooking scrambled eggs, beans and oven chips. When they were dun I was trying to lift up the egg bowl and fork stuff out. This didn't work, it was too hot to pick up, so I shouted "Help". Then I was trying to pick up the chips with a large spoon like tool, even bigger than a wooden spoon. This didn't work either. I saw my MOS picking up the eggs a spoonful at a time which worked but took a while. I should have lifted the eggs with that spoon device I used for the chips initially

What day/date?

And my new watch arrived s'morning. It was much cheaper to buy it from Amazon rather than a local shop, and I now can tell the date, time and what day it is from glancing at my wrist again.

I used to be able to do this but the strap on my old watch broke

Intimidated

And it felt a bit strange having Timmy tell Dicky about my new splint and my new, really expensive, piece of kit, my Bioness, which electrically impulses my leg. Because on Monday morning Dicky has to tell someone else about it and it is so important, it seems to work.

Walking with it on feels so different, so much better....

And Oh Dear, when we took it off for my bath my leg was well crushed, so we need to put it on much more loosely tomorrow

Shopping

So we nipped into town s'morning with a long shopping list. First of all into Morrison's to get some salad, then into the mobile phone shop to have him look at why it is wonky, which he succeeded, then into Aardvark for loadsa shopping. It seems busy enuf that I don't need to wait til just before closing time, for a delivery, like I used to at Waverley

Ybot

And Toby txted me today and said "I think I have got a job"

Ask It

So Timmy just came and showed me the new app he has on his tablet.

You literally ask it a question, vocally, and it answers vocally

Brief

And Freya came round for a very brief visit, we have arranged a different day's visit next week

And that Freya was telling my about her half way completed O levels. So far she is getting 3 A* with potentially more to come

Blinkin Flip

So today I had to go to Daceys in Cardiff for my "trying again" to see if my right leg was well enuf to need a Bioness Machine. And it was and he gave me a number of thousand pounds worth of machine to try it out. We are back in a fortnight to see if it's ok.

While we were there I walked up and down the room with no splint on to see how it worked. Immediately I was stepping further forward with my right leg, summat I haven't managed in 10 years.

So it is now switched to "train" mode so it feels a bit odd doing stuff to my leg while I am sitting down but it is a start.

So what can I say, just VVVVVVVBG

Blinkin' Flip

Gosh, so we played an excellent song tonight.

Then we played another 80's excellent song

SaraH OT

So Sarah came down and helped me cook a "simple" (as in far too complex) dish which I will eat with Freya and Timmy tomorrow. It's just called Veg Casserole with Herby Dumplins bit it looks OK

And afterwards she explained again what I am supposed to do with my new Weakly Timetable (as I have renamed them)

Hoo flipping ray

Off to Jim in a bit.....

And it seemed knackering but good

Drink in peace

So after the team meeting Denyse told me that they had decided that I would probably be OK to drink on my own as long as I wasn't snacking too and as long as the door was open so they could hear me if I was aspirating(1)

(1) Choking

Team Meeting

And ATM all my staff and Denyse are in't kitchen talking about looking after me

Dinner

And with tonight's dinner we had potatoes which you set in an oven dish then bake. So when I took them out of the oven I set it on a wet t towel (as recommended by a shop assistant last week) and it didn't slide about, sat still while I got stuck into the bits of spud with a lifter

Small Hand Towels

And while I was at gym today "someone" delivered my 2 new small towels to fit on my hangars. I expected them to txt me but they just stuck them in the outside of the letter box. I assume they forged my sig but it was good of them and I think it is posh enuf here to be able to do that