My Life being Disabled 28/02/11

Yesterday I had Mulligatawny soup for lunch. I watched television afterwards but when I tried to exercise my arms they felt very stiff. I only exercised my legs. I watched televisionall afternoon. I had Chilli con Carne and ice cream for tea. I continued watching television with my legs on my buffet and 19:00 I watched St George Illawarra beat Wigan 21- 15 in The World Club Championship at the DW stadium. Afterwards I continued watching television until 21:45 when I asked to go to bed.
This morning I woke up at 06:00 and watched television until 08:15. I got up, cleaned my teeth, shaved, showered and got dressed. I went to the dining room where I waited for the nurse to take my blood/sugar level 6.8. I had my breakfast and went to the computer room. I checked my mail, checked what time True Grit starts tomorrow at Escape Cineworld 13:40. I also looked at the Nettos website and found they are selling shaver sets at £10 and hair cutter at £7.

My Life beng Disabled 14/10/08

On Sunday I asked to go to Nettos but the life skills co-ordinator suggested we go to the pond and feed the ducks as well. So after lunch 4 residents, 3 carers and the life skills co-ordinator went to the pond at the bottom of Grimethorpe High Street, opposite Sash's warehouse. An accident nearly occured when I was going past Nettos. My powerchair got stuck on the pavement which is lowered to allow wheelchairs and pushchairs to cross the road. I wasn't trying to cross the road but because the footpath drops my powerchair decided to go on the road. Luckily the traffic stopped ! It took several attempts to get my powerchair back on the footpath. I've noticed that these places are always difficult when using a wheelchair or pushchair and wonder if they have any specification ? It took us about 15 minutes to get to the pond where we fed some of ducks. After 30 minutes we came back but I went in Nettos to buy some toilettries.

My Life being Disabled 25/08/08

On Saturday afternoon we went to Grimethorpe Gala. There were some rides, some stalls and a majorettes contest. On Sunday I watched the closing of the Olympics with the handing over from China to Great Britain.
This morning I asked the nurse if I could go to Nettos again. I asked her last week but they were too busy. She said I might be able to go this afternoon.

My Life being Disabled 31/03/08

I went to the library this afternoon and got a book out about Sid James then we went to Nettos. Later in the afternoon my physiotherapist came but she only excersisedv my arm until the hospital does another scan for any DVTs.

My Life being Disabled 20/03/08

I went to Nettos after lunch to get some shower gel and some cotton buds. It was a year since Nettos opened in Grimethorpe so they were having a party. I got a reply from the assistant manager about my complaint that I wasn't getting enough therapy time when I should be getting 3.5 hours/week. Her answer was they documented it for two weeks and for the week commencing 03/02 it was 5.75 and for week commencing 10/02 it was 4 hours.