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And an almost stranger was working today, my full time nurse Ed was working today

And he gave some worthwhile advice. While my right knee has been clicking when I walk, nowt I could do to make it stop, he did say bend it further forward in your step, which is working, if I bend it an uncomfortable amount forward it doesn't click. So now all I have gotta do is learn that so it will still work when I don't bend my knee quite so far....

Pizza&...

So we had the usual Friday Night Dinner of na'an bread pizza and chips which was as delicious as usual. This week we are on a fresh packet of frozen oven chips and they seem a bit...... different, possibly better than the previous packet

First Things First

So about 11 we went to Aardvark and spent the majority of my weekly shopping budget as usual. No blueberries this week, I tried blackberries instead for on my muesli

We were back home by 12 so I didn't get back in my wheelchair, walked around the kitchen and put it all away as there was time.

So in 10 minutes we gotta head to gym to my one weekly class. And that is making my brain ache somewhat, just getting down to a kneeling position there then getting back up by myself!!!

And Sam wasn't there but I did tell her substitute that Neil missed her etc. but AGAIN GOOD LORD how much better am I than last week. Today I was able to lift my right foot forwards over the hurdles, for ages I have done t'hurdles but had to move my foot around the hurdles but at last I can just do it now

Against My Will

So today I said to GGtGG "Lets go out for a long walk today instead of gymming" he replied "We can do both" so we have been to gym for a session on the exercise machines (incidentally I am a lot better at this that last week) then I walked down the stairs from gym next we are going to town for a long walk after lunch

And we nipped to town, parked outside Aardvark then nipped up town, I walked nearly the whole way up (to here), then GGtGG pushed me along King Street at the top to Lloyd's bank where I ordered another card, then I walked back the whole way along King St and down the hill at the end until I got back in my wheelchair about 2/3 of the way back down the hill

Memory

So as I was coming to bed tonight I thought "Oh, cereal...." but on reflection I can tell you that I did get my muesli ready etc, my memory isn't as bad as it once was, I can remember doing tasks etc

(Sigh)

So we went swimming slightly later today as "they" had told us it was quieter then. No it fscking wasn't, loadsa kids jumping in, loadsa kids in the way etc, it was a right pain

But I spoke to one stranger, I apologised for getting in her way and she did say that she has seen me getting better and better at stuff in the pool over the last year or so, which was nice to hear

Fixed It

And I was able to take advice from Alex and fix my own coffee pot, clean out the bits on the lid

He said turn that around, I thought WTF but with both hands it was easy. With both hands

More Reasons To Shop At....

And we had to nip to Morrisons tonight, I had been sent a fiver voucher which I forgot to spens on two Monday's and it runs out of date on Friday so we had to get some emergency frozen food

Brain Injury

So I was watching telly, saw a ref to a program called My New Brain I thought watch that and it turns out it's a program about suffering a Brain Injury. It's a bit close for comfort but I am trying

Aargh, I watched the first 25 minutes, nearly crying/shouting etc and the rest (35 mins) is available on the iPlayer for the next week

Out For Lunch

Then s'morning Freya and Brian, Julia's Dad, came and took us out for lunch. It was a really nice lunch, at Freya's suggestion we headed to Iechyd Da which was actually really pleasant and we had a big lunch at Brian's expense.

It was a nice trip out and a catch up

Strangely we parked down well below the cafe on a dotted double yellow and I just got out of the car with no 'chair and walked there and back, up and downhill. I am still getting better 

Quick Trip Out

And we had to do a quick trip out s'morning to go to the Drs for my asthma 'script then walk across to the chemist to get it.

Today was the first time I have ever managed the steep downhill (and back up) to the chemist without holding onto any support columns on the way past. My balance is still improving

Nor Tomorrow

I thought to myself that Alex will still be working tomorrow so he can take me to the pool at 1pm.

But then I recalled "No, we r having lunch with Freya and her grandparents tomorrow" so we will be busy at 1pm

Swimming. Or Not

So we went to pool today but it was much too busy with loadsa kids in as it is the summer holidays. So we went to gym even tho I was not wearing my sock info or my FES. But just good lord, how much better is my right foot at keeping flat, I didn't even have to concentrate on it, it just happened automatically. Muscle memory is making me happy

We spoke to someone on the way out and she said the free kids swimming time ends as 1pm

And I was sitting on various machines today some of which are much lower that my chair and I still managed that standing up with no hands thing.

Out

So tonight we were bored so we nipped out to Saint Clears to The Little Chef and had a brew and bun

Quiet Sunday

Tra la la...

Out For A Drive Tonight

So tonight me and Alex were bored so we headed out in the car, drove all the way to Llandeilo (via my old house in Cwrt Henri) headed back to Carmarthen and took the traditional route back, the one that was replaced by a bypass a few years back

That Friday Feeling

So it's off to Aardvark in a bit to do most of my weeks shopping, then to gym for a proper class then........ lunch & rest

Well I did it, a larger than usual shop at Aardvark. It went well. Back home for long enuf to have a cuppa and sit by my PC for half an hour

Well I did go to Sam's class. As usual she was nagging me to get on but on some levels just WOW, on the kneeling down exercise I can now just do it etc. I am so much better at nearly all the exercises

Test Results

And Timmy made the phone call that Alex was too busy neglecting me to make on Tuesday (She said "Phone me on Tuesday or Thursday"), and my blood sugar levels are within the amounts that they are s'posed to be, so I am relatively well

Strange Diary

So we are going swimming today instead of yesterday.....

And what fun it was. Again I was *so* impressed with the muscle memory caused by the FES, but I did loads of exercises then 4 lengths on my back and 2 lengths breast stroke

And a little girl in the queue behind us said "Oh, you are him"

Brain Injury

I was eating breakfast s'morning, watching the news, suddenly they said how Brain Injuries have increased recently and how the inital NHS coverage is good but rehab is letting the side down