Yearly Archives: 2013

New month, new optimism.

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I feel now that I’m getting somewhere. 

My ass is recovering, they’ve given me a weights programme, and, as per the pic, they’re getting me on 2 wheels!
The last time I was on two wheels I broke my back, so good to exorcise that demon then…..
Had my usual lovely flow of visitors, Mary, Dan and Ollie and Patricia yday, and Dani and Frank today. Frank brought a delicious feast of Carluccio’s best take away, kicking the ass out of the culinary fare served here ( which, tbh , is pretty poor ).
I can now at last envisage progress. It definitely makes me feel a lot more optimistic for my future. 
I felt I was just drifting, unnoticed, for the last week, with little to look forward to. But, as of today, the light is brighter. 
My daily diary henceforth will be more packed with activities. My physio, James, reckons I could be out of here in 8 weeks. Jesus, that’s not long to learn all the skills missing at the moment, including such things as driving a modified car…. But James believes in me so who am I to question his experience…?
130 sign up’s for the pedalling part of the Spine-a-thon!
Don’t forget, you can just come to the bar and not pedal. Either way tho, tell Dan you’re coming ( danw@thehogarth.co.uk )
It should be the party of the year…. !

Back in SM.

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After another 2 days at home I’m back here in SM

I can’t say for a moment that I look forward to coming back here. It’s not that there’s anything dreadful about the place, but it’s no substitute for home. 
Dani was her usual caring, efficient and incredible self. Her love for me i know knows no limit. She’d do ( and does ) anything for me, literally. 
On our wedding day, she agreed to unite with me ‘for better or for worse’. 
On that day she would have had no idea just how much worse things would be. For myself I couldn’t ever foresee how much I would have to rely on her 18 years later. 
For those of you that know her, her coping will probably hold no surprises. Dani’s girlfriends hold her in such high regard, for being so able, being the perfect mother, and for being so bloody academic at the same time. Her employers, Osborne Clarke solicitors,  have been so flexible since my accident and I’d like to thank them so very  sincerely for their sympathy and empathy during this pretty dire time for her. 

This weekend was spent mostly by ourselves, really what we needed as a family. My bum sore has gotten no worse for the trip home, and it looks like this week,  at last, I’ll be on a proper rehab timetable. 
I’m pretty sure my chair is not helping me. It needs a smaller backrest to enable me to move more, and push better. I guess that kinda thing’ll be addressed this week. 
I’d like to congratulate the kids for absolutely thrashing me at Cluedo. I’ve not played since 12 yrs old, the age Lily ( the victor ) is now. God, those girls’s bluffing game totally befuddled me!
Next week I’ll be wiser to their tactical agility, though fear I’ll still get my sore ass whipped. 

( I’ve just heard that there are a MILLION sheep in Wales. That’s about one per four Welsh men, so def room for more sheep then.) 

Hope you all had as lovely a weekend as I did. 
Russ x

Thank you.

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I’d like to thank all those people who messages me and offered to meet up this weekend. 

It’s very touching to feel wanted I can tell you 
As it was, I really wanted to see as much of my daughters as possible so had to say no to my generous friends. I don’t see the girls in the week as they’re in school with all that that involves, so I’ve got to try to max out my weekend opportunity.  
I’m sure any parent understands this sentiment. Going 5 days a week without them is hard enough without also overcommit ing myself on the weekends. 
As time goes by this’ll get easier and my improvements in mobility will help a lot too. 
I find my wheelchair bloody hard work. 
On YouTube everyone seems to have nifty lookin chairs – think mine is anything but… 
I’ll talk to SM and see what they say…
Russ