3 years 13 wks
Sometimes you’ve just got to roll with it, and rolling when
required is just how it goes these days. Like the acceptance that I was going
to need to apply for a blue badge, and that I might not ‘want’ to do it, the
acceptance that there was a ‘need’ for it even if it wasn’t all the time.
We went to a Thai Food Fayre on Saturday, not
massive a park with some tents and food trucks, we did a couple of laps at best
of the event but getting back to the car was so very hard, my legs had turned to water.
That we hadn’t done the weeks shop yet and I now needed to
navigate Sainsburys settled in my stomach like a sick dread. Fortunately the
shittest scooter in the world wasn’t already out (yes they have 1 and they hide
it in a cupboard to discourage people asking for it)
So I’ve left a couple of messages with suppliers to have
demonstrations of super lightweight folding power chairs give them a try. I
need to understand how the work, how much thy weigh, can I fold and move these
beasties unaided, will they fit in the car easily would I need to rearrange the
dog crate to fit everything? Important stuff, project manager stuff, risk
mitigation and all that.
Randomly, it’s less than a couple of hours since I put my
requests through for a demonstration session and one of them has come back to
say they have someone in the area today – he can be here within the hour with
the model I’m interested in and I hadn’t even got close to finishing typing
this update. It’s going to raise some eyebrows at an on-site demo at work with
me bombing round the car park LOL …. But hey-ho why the devil not J
I went for my monthly bloods on Friday so results should be
available later today or perhaps tomorrow – since it took an extra couple of
days for my repeat prescription to be released, there is a chance my thyroid
reading might have slipped back to funky world for a short time.
And another random one – power chair demo done – I have the
biggest smile on my face, it made life so much easier getting around – going through
doors and in lifts would require some practice, but then it’s not for use in
the office – it’s about life. It goes nice a fast, I can wheel spin it by turning fast and doing 'do-nuts'. In my head I can hear Comander Worf from Star Trek as he declares 'PREPARE FOR RAMMING SPEED' and yes mentally I have already imagined blasting through the Oracle Shopping centre in Reading at top speed - with a Jousting Pole ......... there is SOOOO much trouble I could get up to :-)
Really expensive, but what price is my freedom worth? The
freedom to choose and go where I want when I want, to not have to be the one
who has to call it a day because my energy has run out, or just to not go and
do something because I don’t want to be a burden on everyone else and take away
from their day.
Got another company calling back to arrange a demo of
another brand – home one this time – LOL that’ll be interesting as Winston
really doesn’t like anything on wheels – push bikes are a particular thing he
hates, a wheelchair is just a funky push bike as far as he’s concerned J (he has taken umbrage
with a wheelchair in the past) I’m sure he’ll get over it quickly enough,
especially when it means he can go on adventures to the pub again.
Apart from the funks motor stuff, life has been quite sane
for want of a better word, not my usual mad whirling through a million and one
things and reaching the end of the week spent and in need of a good rub down
with the sporting life.
AAAAND it’s now Tuesday, I haven’t hit the post button yet,
but YAY I now have my blood results, the usual suspects are doing the usual
things, but it’s all good J
OHHHHH and apparently the cost of power chairs is ‘flexible’ if
you challenge them on the cost of the chair, extra batteries etc. J 
Haggle boys and girls, challenge the cost and get a deal J
Hope everyone is fighting hard xxx
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