Cut

But today we were able to remove the dressing on the cut on my leg and not put it back on after swimming, it looks completely healed. So after a month of not quite getting better a week of iodine dressings etc and it is better

Quiet Day

And after that we had a quiet day, nowt on

SwimGym

And because we nipped to gym yesterday they had moved the swimming session to today. It was as much fun as it usually was but so was getting dried and dressed after my shower. So now it is on my timetable to go swimming tomorrow too.

Hoo-fscking-ray

Busy Shopping

So today we were too busy going to Aardvark and More Reason's To Shop At.... to go to swimming pool (Oh woe is me)  but Timmy, in his wisdom, said "Just gym today, swim tomorrow" so I went to gym and cycled for 25 mins, very far, so I was exhausted afterwards

AF

So we went up to see those Ixion Dudes at AF. Gosh but it took a long time to get there, the motorway was at a standstill, But when we got there it was good to see folks, many og whom commented on how much more mobile I was than last year

Then on the way home we SatNaved into Wolverhampton and saw Julie (my ex bast mate but she moved to England years ago) and that Toby chap who is her neighbour now. We gave Toby a birthday card etc

And when we were out exploring on Sat afternoon suddenly we saw a chap standing by the road flagging us down. We stopped he said "This chap was walking with us when he came over all unhealthy, can u give him a lift back to the hotel?" so we had to go about 10 miles round trip from middle of nowhere to small town.

But on the way there I was waiting 4 hours between saying "Stop, need a piss" which is just so much better than every 15 minutes like it was 3 or 4 years ago

Sh*tting Myself

So in a couple of hours we are heading off to Yorkshire to see those Ixion dudes......

Walkies

So Sara came down to see me today. She was discussing my FES and my walking stick and then as it was getting late we simply went for a walk up the street, but today (as we had been discussing the pros and cons) I had no FES fitted. It was different

My Mobile Phone

So I have just recently received a call on my mobile and that confirmed my theory. If I pick my phone up in my left hand and try to press the "answer" button with my thumb it doesn't work. I need to set the phone down and move the key with an index finger, then it works

In NI

Then today I found a house for sale locally to me in a town that shares a name with Northern Ireland

Loos

Aren't loos incredible. So here I am thinking about how wonderful modern technology is, mobile phones and the Interweb etc but then s'morning I walked into the loo, sat on a device, did an enormous p**h, threw loads of wiping roll after that then simply pressed down on the lever on the corner and suddenly my enormous pile of sh*t has just gone, through a hole on the ground. Incredible

Dressing

And he took off the first dressing off my leg s'morning as we are going to the swimming pool in a bit and good laird, the cut on my leg looks so much better, at a guess another 1 or 2 dressings (2 or 4 days) and it should be completely healed.

And when we opened the packets to put the new one on (after swimming today) we found 10 packets of gloves and... etc which are here anyway, my staff gotta wear gloves etc and 10 much smaller packets of dressings and big sticky plasters. So we have 9 packets in the waiting room, can't give them back, don't wanna throw them away so they are now in storage

Pee

Then after I wasn't able to relieve myself in the swimming pool, then I spent ages getting clean and dry then just headed straight home. By the time I got there I really needed a pee. So I went there stood up and peed. I did all I was capable of doing a couple of months ago but it carried on as my bladder is recovering. Then I passed my recent max capacity and it was still coming out. That was the biggest pee I have done for a number of years.

He Remembered

And as Alex is on s'morning and he remembered his swimming stuff at a guess we'd better go...

And that was as much fun as usual. As usual the "in the pool" stuff was fine but getting showered and dried was a nightmare

Ooh

So I finished my breakfast s'morning, stood up and walked, with my 'stick held off the ground in my left hand to the bathroom and went to the loo. I know what to check, my ankle was straight, both feet were moving forward, I/my back was straight, generally I think I was walking well. With no walking stick

And I did it again when AwfulAlex(1) could see me and he agreed, my posture is good and my foot planting is proper

(1) Or should that be AwesomeAlex?

Right Wrist

And I was walking about today when I noticed my right hand. It was just hanging straight by my side, not bending up, not having to concentrate to keep it straight, it just was, by itself

Bathless

So because the doctor gave me some dressings for the cut on my leg which have to stay on for 2 days I can't have a bath today. Or in two days time or four etc.

So it is to the bathroom for a wash now.....

Quiet Morning

So we had a quiet morning, the only event was going out (with no wheelchair) and going to the chemist to pick up my prescription of sticky pads to cover the cut on my leg.

S'afternoon we are off to gym, again with no 'chair

Gordon Bennett. I worked really hard and I am bleeding knackered now

Tesco

Then later we nipped out to Tesco to pick up loads of Green & Black's Ice Cream, some sweet spud oven chips and some Timmy food

The Beautiful Toe Fixer

And, I am not worthy, The Beautiful Linda, the toenail chopper is coming to see me this morning...

And after she cut my nails (very well and not painfully) she said "Now we need to come to the most painful bit, pay me" and I said "No, the most painful bit is watching you leave"......

Paulless

And Timmy has just txted me to tell me that Paul will have to be off work for 10 days because of his ringworm. So it looks like GrumpyGareth will come to AF and call in to see Toby on the way back