Pick It Up

And I went to my wardrobe s'afternoon took out a change of clothes. Then accidentally I dropped my pants. "Help, help"? No, today I could just bend down and pick 'em up

Just wow etc, how much better am I getting?

Pittance

Aargh, today's conversation (on Ixion) about work/wages etc eventually said "not to mention whether you might feel that earning a pittance and having ... support you would make you feel guilty" I feel that I did worthwhile work for a pittance for years, eventually I found myself in a well paid job and 4 months later someone tried to kill me

Oooh and not posting summat to this effect to Ixion hurts my soul but I am sick of being seen as......

Advice

And I spoke to Timmy s'morning about what I was saying in the last paragraph of "James" yesterday about walking without my FES and he did say "No, you need to keep it on....." for reasons I am not sure I understand or agree with but I will take his work for it now....

I AM Getting Better

Wandering about my flat today it occurred to me.... Walking is still harder than it was before my accident but it is so much easier than it was a few weeks ago....

Quote Timmy, "You are no longer a wheelchair user, you have one sometimes...."

James

The we went to the last gym session before Christmas and did as always loads of exercises. Frankly it astonishes me (and I had to tell Sam how much I need to praise her) how much progress I have made.

ATM the big one is being able to bend my right leg when walking. I couldn't do it previously and therefore I couldn't walk even one step without my 'stick

AND I switched my FES on, went into gym and switched it off almost immediately and left it off for the rest of the time. I don't know whether it is good or bad, being able to walk some but perhaps loosing out on it's improving facilities

Aardvarking

And I went shopping in Aardvark s'morning. Got it all etc

When I was there I walked up stairs and turned around and walked back down. GGtGG said "?" and I said "Practising"

Shopping

Then we went out to Wilko after dinner but it shuts at 6pm not 8 like we both thought. So we headed off to Tesco, looked there too and couldn't buy anything. So a wasted trip

...ing

So we went to gym at lunchtime. It was busy but not overly so. Today I was, amongst other stuff, doing the lifting weights straight upwards and as I did 2 then waited for a minute I could actually do 10 in total but it amazed me how much stronger/more flexible my right arm has got, I was able to lift it about 98% of the distance I lifted my left arm

If Only

If only I believed I would say a prayer for the kids who were shot at their school today

Fredumpkins

Then we went and picked that Freya up from school. We came here had Linda McCartney sausages, oven chips and I fried 3 eggs to go with that, we had one each.

My egg frying technique needs some practice

'Wimming

So we went swimming at lunchtime again. It is getting to be less unpleasant now I am getting more physically able in so many ways but I still don't enjoy it. Possibly on principle

The new laminated instructions makes it much better too.  I spoke to a swimming instructor today about how much I should be bending my knee from her point of view. She said "Almost no bend at all" but for therapeutic reasons I need to kick from a bendy knee. But I did try "proper" kicking for a few yards today

Noisy Bike

Later I was just about to get in the bath when the doorbell rang and a few mins later Alex called me and said "visitor" so I wrapped myself in a towel and came out. It was that Stuart chappy so I got dressed and left the bath for later. He was full of praise for how much better I am etc but had to leave early 'cos he didn't want to be riding his bike on icy roads.

But it was good to see him again

Then

Then after lunch we headed off to gym. Alex was softer than usual and said because I had been out walking so much earlier that I could not cycle today so it seemed like no time before I had finished the 'exercise' exercises

Early To Alex

So Alex came in at 8am s'morning, did his handover, waited for me to finish my pooh and then set off to Swansea to see the wheelchair fixer. And we found it, found a parking space and were still 5 minutes early. He looked at my 'chair, measured me etc and ordered me a new one. And he did say "I think so" when I asked "Can I have a pink one?"....

He said it should be delivered about February, they will contact me closer to the time.

Then we nipped to the Docs and picked up my script, then walked the hundred yards to the chemist and got my two 'scripts

Not Runny

And I don't have diarrhoea which was predicted as a possible side effect of the cream for my chest

'Wimming

So we went swimming today and it was the first time we were able to take the newly printer and laminated instructions and it did help me be a bit more positive about the whole session.

ObAnd we had loads of creams and soap substitutes with us to keep my routine as close to usual as possible

Next Week

So I looked at my diary online and clicked on "next week" and there is Christmas, OMG it's that soon......

Two Chocolates

And I was preoccupied yesterday morning and didn't eat my advent calendar so today I had two chocolates after breakfast

Another Week

So I am starting another week tomorrow. Sigh but wow too

Shopping

We nipped to Wilko's to get some lights for the Xmas tree s'morning, then we went to Morrison's and bought food.

Then after lunch we went back to Wilko's (and somewhere else too) until eventually we didn't find any Christmas headgear with antlers but we found some antlers which we were able to add to my Santa hat