Posh

Well today I am sitting in a proper chair. My wheelchair feels abandoned across the room

And I can manage, stood up and walked to the loo, no prob etc etc

Happy chappie....

And I have been wheelchairing again since I bathed today but just WOW, I can manage the proper seat some and it will get more every day

Quiet

A quiet day today but I won't be using my stick holder as I am going to gym and will be exhausted afterwards. Tomorrow....

And I am trying out gym with no splint on today....

And just WOW. We took the splint in case I needed it, Ed was watching me the whole time and we didn't need it. I think we will do that "splint in pocket" thing again but it was well good without it

My right foot stayed almost completely straight, Bioness is working wonders

Stick Holder

This morning me and Timmy were discussing how my proper chair was harder to use because there was no way of holding my stick, so after much discussion we nipped into LTC Mobility and picked up a strange clip that lets me put my 'stick on the back of my PC chair out of the way

And just WOW, after lunch I sat on my PC chair and was still there at bathtime

Walk Into Shop

And as the shops are open again we need to go and buy some "non mayonaisey" salad and some focaccia with cheese, for my lunch and some potatoes to cook at dinner time

And I went into shop, looked for cheesy bread thingies (they had none of the same today), found summat else eventually, wallked to the other end of the shop, bought more, remembered that I had forgotten summat in the first aisle and walked the whole length of the shop again before paying and walking back to the car

With no splint on my right foot

No Shopping Today

As the shops are shut all day as it's some dead god chaps re-erection or summat

MORE Walkies

And because Morrisons will be shut tomorrow I went to get most of the rest of my shopping today, WITHOUT my wheelchair. I actually did much more walking than on our trip yesterday, and I will have to come back on Monday to buy some more "proper" salad, not this mayonaisey gunk I have been eating for months.

AND more to the point with no splint on my right foot, as my Bioness is working on my right leg

Walkies

And because we needed more salad(1) this morning we nipped to Morrison's. Got there, in thru the front door in my wheelchair, stood up and walked to all ends of the shop, walked back to the till and finally sat in my wheelchair then. The whole shopping trip done on my own two feet

(1) Proper green salad now, not the mayonaisey fattening stuff I have been eating for some months. So for lunch now I have a little green salad and 1 piece of toast, hopefully I will loose weight 

Out To Play

And tonight we are going to a monthly folk club at Iechyd Da (noisy link) with Freya who we are picking up after Spanish Extra Lessons at school later

AND Toby who is over here for half a week met up with us too, he seemsd happy and well. He is staying with his Mum for a few days which is good too

Sara

Then Sara the Physio came round this morning. I phoned her because she was late and she said "Sorry, at SPAR shop, buying chocolate" so....

She did loadsa stretching as my right arm isn't moving as well as it was last week, probable because of my cough. Also she phoned Daceys and tried to get some more electrical attachments posted out to me because I haven't got enough to last 'til I am back there. There was a discussion because if she does phone them they might realise that I have had the Bioness for a number of weeks for free

Cough Almost Gone

And by today my cough has nearly entirely gone. Every now and again I kind of clear my throat/half cough and loadsa phlegm comes up and out of the way

Blues

And we are going out tonight to a once in a while Blues night at The Tangled Parrot in Carmarthen

And it was good, Clive was there from the start, playing tunes and Naomi was there later which was nice

Right, we drove to there, parked in the car park at the end of King Street and I stood up and walked to The Parrot, not wheelchairing again until we were inside

On't way back

Then on't way back from gym we nipped to town and bought some tips for my big walky stick

Gym

So we nipped to gym again. It was OK, I did some work etc. I had to say to Sam, my instructor, that I accept that it is doing me some good, so I should be a bit more cheerful, but I really don't like it - but as it's doing me some good I will have to keep going

Coughing

And as my cough sounded worse yesterday while we were in't supermarket trying to buy more ink for "their" printer we got some Tesco's Antiseptic Blackcurrant Flavour Lozenges, some cheapskate Strepsil impersonators and they seem to have helped my cough already 

And my cough seems almost better by tonight so hopefully.....

Tell You Again

I wanna tell u about this event yesterday as it was such an important event

Errands

And we all went out to show Nick around where I need to go in Carmarthen tonight, then when we came back to eat later, it took the best part of an hour to cook, so together we had a very late dinner

Newby

So this morning the MOS from West Country who is going to be covering some shifts here came and met me.

He seems OK for now, I will let you know later

Well Dun

So the highlight of the day (apart from meeting Nick, my extra MOS) was going to the Docs to see the dietitian. After some discussion I stood up, walked to my car on my own two feet, Denyse drove off to the docs, leaving my wheelchair here. We parked, I got out again, walked across the car park to my docs, went in, sat on a proper chair, saw the dietitian, stood up walked beck to my car, then from car to home

Animator

So today I was trying again to get my head round the gif animator that Freya was using here t'other night, and today I actually succeeded. OK, it's not very impressive but I have learned from that and the next time I will be able to make a better one.

If I ever try again.....

Jim, Jim, Jeroo

So I went to the gym again. Today I did 10 minutes on the bike so obviously increasing my cardio vascular...