Out and About

So partially ta to a post on Facebook we took ourselves to a club tonight. Lots of folk there commented on how much better I was, basically my wheelchair was simply "my seat" from which I walked to the bar, to the loo etc

Busy Monday

Oh dear, right it's busy Monday, Morrison's then f*c*ing swimming

Well before we went to Morrison's we nipped out to try and buy some cheaper bits for my electric toothbrush. I walked miles along a street only to not get any, he pushed me back along to Waverley stores (that we had parked outside), went in and got some.

Then we went shopping in Morrison's, buying almost nothing from the supermarket

Then we went and had great fun in the swimming pool. It wasn't as unpleasant as I recall but still not fun

Father's Day

And Freya got in touch and said "Oops, can I meet you for Father's Day lunch in town?" so......

Oh, it was lovely in the end. Freya told us to meet her in a café, we parked outside and I walked into the café and met her, had a brew then set off to walk miles to another café that Freya had decided to have lunch in. I got about 2/3 of the way there then stopped, sent Gareth back to get my 'chair then finally made it. It was very lovely if a little slow coming but we had a good lunch before we dropped Freya off at her new house

Published

And in the video which I posted you can see how my right knee is bending as I walk. Even tho it is the first effort etc etc

Hardest Veg Known To Man

And at Aardvark yesterday I bought a butternut squash. Now I have used these before but only from packets of frozen, chopped up butternut squash. So today I had a raw one to deal with. 5 mins later I had to call Alex to help. Even he said it was the hardest veg known to man as he cut it

More Aardvarking

So today we have to head to Aardvark again to get the blueberries which someone dropped yesterday as they were taking them off the van to deliver, so a 2nd delivery was due last night

It was only last week they started selling them again, they came in season once more

And they were there, sitting in a bag with my name on it, waiting for me....

Out, walking in

Then because we had a late lunch today we went out at 5pm for a cuppa. We ended up driving past Timmy's house on the way to a very far away brew stop. There we parked a bit up the road and I got out of the car and walked all the way to my brew, left my wheelchair in't boot

Gym

And I went to gym s'morning and amazed myself with how much I have improved. We left 'chair here and just drove down and walked from t'car. I was in a conversation with another client about how much I am improving and she commented about how much more my right hand moves. We did that stretching up with both hands exercise and my right arm nearly equaled the left although it was much more difficult to do

AND on the way out I tried to open doors, which I have only been able to do for a month or so, I tried with my right hand. And I succeeded

Aardvarking

So we went into Aardvark s'morning. Parked on the double yellow across the road and walked from the car. So my wheelchair stayed in't boot.

We had to bring it in case we had to park far away but as it happened....

Yet More Walkies

Then today I needed to go to Morrison's for burger buns (guess what's for tea?). So I walked out of the house, left my wheelchair behind, walked into shop, all the way to the bread rolls at the far away bit, walked to till, walked back out, walked home from my car when we got there.

It is easier

Up and Down

So s'morning Sara  came round and did the exercises that I was sh*tting myself about, getting down and up again from the floor. But good lord, it was a lot easier than last time, I am so much better at it, I am getting better etc (noisy link)

AND she mentioned walking onto the beach, paddling etc. So (hopefully) we will head out in a fortnight and walk down the beach barefoot

On My Own....

So the bin men came today and emptied the waste food bin and set it down. I walked out, on my own two feet, picked it up with my right hand and carried it around the side of the house where it lives. Then walked back in my front door

Misapprehension

And today I can walk. Big style, no problem, as there hasn't been for a couple of weeks. But that 'couple of weeks' - it is gonna take me longer to just feel walking is no problem, no apprehension.

"Just walk, it's easy" he shouted at himself

Gymmy

Well, went to gym over lunchtime as we walked instead of gymming yesterday. I was struggling with one of the lifting machines, I managed to lift both arms up, which I didn't used to be able to do, but my right arm was going up so much slower than my left arm
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But when we finished I walked into my house and thought "Lunchtime", I walked into the hall, saw my wheelchair sitting there and was tempted to jump onboard but thought "No, recover..." and walked past it into the kitchen

Walkies

So s'morning we went to the Doctors to pick up another script for TestoGel. So I walked out of the house and got into the car, we left the wheelchair in the bedroom. When we got there I was able to walk ito the Docs, including one step upwards, then I walked out of the Docs, across the way and down the last hilly bit to the chemist

Then after lunch me and Alex talked about gym and he agreed to go for a walk at the beach instead. This time we went to Burry Port which is a lot more walkable. So I was able to walk about 0.5 of a KM away then I sat in my chair and said "Take me back"

On the way back home I said "Take me to Farm Foods" and I bought some more spuds etc. And he pushed my wheelchair and I didn't touch it while shopping

A Reputation

Well, good lord, Timmy actually liked the food I made tonight. That's two or three times in a row he has liked what I prepared

Charity Shop

And we (me and Timmy) went to Barnardo's Charity Shop in Carmarthen to drop off a couple of bags of my old clothes.

We parked outside(1), I got out of the car and walked in
(1) There is a "loading bay" there

Farking 'Wimming

And we are off swimming in a bit

Hooray etc etc

(Yes, sarcasm=....)

And it actually wasn't too bad, I did it. Even tho the disabled shower still doesn't work properly we managed

Roast It

So I am cooking my usual Saturday night dinner tonight, roast veg. But today, for the first time, we have some raw beetroot in amongst the veg so we will see how it goes

Mmmmm, it was very lovely. Potato, carrot, sweet potato, beetroot and other stuff. Yum yum

More Reasons To Shop At....

So s'morning I was in a bit of a conundrum. Last week, on Sunday, Morrison's (noisy link) seemed to be well short of bread products, especially ones with long enough sell-by dates but I thought "Lets try it, I can always come back in't morning" but everything was in stock and fresh enuf this week

And more to the point I walked into the store, all round the store and back out, no wheelchair was involved (apart from carrying my shopping)