No 'Chair

First of all s'afternoon we headed off to Llansteffan, opposite Ferryside, across mouth of the river. We left my 'chair in the hall at home. There first we walked up and back along the path by the beach, then we headed across the car park and across another stretch of uneven walkway to the shop. Where I bought an ice cream.

Then we panicked a bit as Alex thought we would head home for bath and rest etc then head back out to gym, but it was so late now, if we waited for sleep time to be over etc gym would be full of folk who were in work in the daytime so we needed to go now. Which we did. I asked a MOS to redo my key so it assumes that 20 minutes instead of 15 on the cycle then did 20 minutes at which point I was so overtired that we called it a day and headed home for a rest

FES

And the phone rang, Timmy shouted "Shall I..."  and I heard him discussing stuff. It was the FES shop appologising for sending us the wrong kind, she is gonna send us a second hand one as they are out of stock ATM, but when they come back into stock she shall send me a new one too

Pouring

So I opened another 2 pinter of milk s'morning, reached out to top up my bowl of muesli and poured it in using my right hand. It was difficult but it worked. For the first time in how many years...

Rescue

And Freya emailed me tonight "Did I leave my phone at yours?" I looked all around, couldn't see it, called Timmy and asked him to check the car, found it so we took it back there, I opened the door to the car and walked to the house, knocked etc, on my own two feet. It seems to be becoming a habit recently again

Booked

And we booked AF room tonight, paid deposit, balance when there

Luck

So I always put my phone onto nightime mode when I go for my nap. Today I didn't and it rang half way through my nap. It was Toby, he is in Wales and I have to buy him and Freya dinner

And it was lovely. All three of us were eating, he seems so much older, sensibler.....

Disgruntled

And today I am struggling somewhat with being dissatisfied. It is so much easier to walk etc now, but it is still too hard. Sorry etc, I can do it so much better but I am fed up with having to struggle

Team Meeting

So most stuff has been put on hold today as "they" are having a team meeting here to discuss my progress etc

Muscle Memory

So if you look at the pics of me walking at the shops today, I was walking without any FES switched on and my right ankle still stayed straight.

Muscle memory

Bare Feet

And as Ed didn't put on my sockings last night I woke up with free feet s'morning. I nearly said to him last night but then I thought that just once in a blue moon won't do me any harm so I just went with it

Shopping

And because there is a "team meeting" here tomorrow I guess we'd better go shopping for my few bits of non organic food from the super (dooper) market

And we popped out after lunch. I walked from the car to the recycling point, got a taste for it and stayed on my own two feet for the rest of the trip

Balance

So now when I get out of the bath I can lean down and dry my shins/calves without having to hold on to anything with my other hand

Just generally life is getting better easier

Expensive Trip Out

So me and Ed went out s'morning and I spent £400 that had been sent to me on a new mattress

We walked out of house, left my chair here, went into town, walked in to shop, across to lift, up, across to sales desk. Then back out, drove home and walked from car to house

Rubless

And after I had my bath and nap today I didn't have to have someone rubbing my boobs.

But I require some attention....

Nursey Inject Me

Then s'morning I am heading over to my doctors to let the nurse pull down my underpants and stick a needle up my arse and inject me with Testosterone

Which she did and I must comment on how painless it was. So I commented to her how it must be because she has a steady hand. Before we left we made another appointment for next month.

Then we went to Aardvark and spent two thirds of my weeks food fund.

We came back from there, put the shopping away then it was time to go to my weekly Samless gym class. My balance etc is so much better than it was a month ago 

What a busy morning...... I have got f. all on my diary for rest of today

Late Shopping

So then late we nipped out to that naughty T place to buy some ready chopped butternut squash etc

Out Tonight

And this evening we went out to the opposite side of the Lough than we went to last time we took a night out together

Cycling At Gym

So today while I was at gym Paul was being really encouraging so after my 15 minute work out on the bike he said "A few weeks ago even 3 minutes would have killed you, try 5 more", I succeeded so for the first time since my accident I was on an exercise bike for 20 minutes!

Busy-ish Morning

So first of all we went to Nantycaws to have a first look at a house, it was a bit small but it looked nice so at a guess we better have a proper look.

Then we went and found that Dreams bed had gone, internet use, oh, it's now part of another shop. We went there, had a frightening lift ride up and tried out some matresses. So Denyse will ask someone to forward the cash and I will buy one.

Then back home for lunch then off to gym in a bit

When we came back I left my 'chair in t'car and walked in without it

Phew

And I did, great relief