Ive just been to an event hosted by a contact lens company called Coopervision. 

When I arrived a very smiley lady rushed up to me and gave me a kiss ( on the cheek )

I did recognise her, though it had been a while.

Liz now works for Coopervision and spoke to me for ages. She relayed to me that a few years ago she had worked for the Specsavers training team, and that at her first work event, feeling very self conscious, I had been a delegate.

She said that out of the hundred or so people there, that I was the only one who came to talk to her, and in doing so made her feel welcome, and that she’d always be grateful to me for that.

I told her that so often these days I feel the same way, in this chair – like the new kid at school, or the new boy in the office – awkward and alone, just wanting someone to come and talk to me.

Thanks to Liz, Pardeep and Paul for not making me feel that way, today

I belong to an on line forum of people with spinal cord injuries.

This was posted by a young lady recently injured.

This injury leads to a lot of sadness.

Does anyone have their bowel care done on a normal bed by district nurses? I’ve ordered a split mattress adjustable divan double bed for my partner and I. I talked to the DN about it and they said it was fine but now, 3 days before its due to arrive, they’ve decided its too low and they can’t do my bowel care on it. I can’t afford the vertical lift mechanism, its another £700, and the alternative is that My husband  and I carry on having to sleep in single beds in seperate rooms for ever more. Its just seems so unfair, will we never get to be a normal couple again what do other people do?