18.12.17 another Christmas beckons
We have had another good year with our car club friends. We started as usual with the Welsh weekend . We took the Shadow and had no problems. Our next weekend was JDC annual of course this was an outing for the Mark ten. Then we had 4 days at Nidd hall a Warners with good friends Ann and John Lear -an outing for the S type. Then we had a great time in Norfolk with Essex RREC. Our final weekend was the turkey and tinsel in November. This month we had the area 33 Christmas Dinner and we stayed overnight. Still to come new year in Blackpool hopefully no more snow.
We continue to have Physio sessions approx every three weeks. Ron's balance has improved 100 percent . Ron does his Physio faithfully and he gets the results. Ron is now able to grip with his left hand and is able to walk the length of our living room with a 2 kilo weight in his left hand. The winter weather causes a few problems because we are not able to get outside to practice walking. We are trying to build up distance and stamina and so far we have got to 20 minutes. Ron now uses a standard walking stick most of the time just saving the quad stick for those times he lacks confidence. Most of the time Ron can walk into the restaurants so we don't always need to get the scooter out which is a big help for me.
Ron still has periods when he feels exhausted we think that it is psychological but it is very real to Ron. When he has these periods he loses his confidence and consequently his sense of balance and it must be so frustrating for him because it is very frustrating for me!
At the beginning of the year we decided that we would make a point of going out every Wednesday either to the pictures or to a restaurant for lunch and we stuck to it for a while but like all good intentions we fell by the wayside, we must reinstate this because it gave us something to look forward to and life is pretty boring for Ron when there is nothing planned. We go to all the mid week lunches arranged by RREC in addition to the Sunday lunches with both clubs.
Well I think that has brought me up to date, I will try to make a point of doing a post regularly.
posted by Pam Monks @ 06:25
2 Comments
2 Comments:
Hi Pam, so good to read a new post from you. It's good to look back over the year and see how far Ron has come. It must be encouraging for you that you can get out and about with more ease. I know a little of what you speak. Six months ago, in the blink of an eye DH's and my life changed. He is an avid golfer and was on the course and by the 3rd hole he couldn't walk. To make a very long story short he has spinal stenosis and has constant pain and numbness in his left butt, thigh, hamstring and calf and then the foot goes numb. While nowhere near to the extent that you and Ron have gone through there have been big changes here. As a senior I have had to learn to use the lawn mower, lug big 20kg. bags of salt to the basement to feed the water softener etc. So many little things that he always did and now all are my jobs. But I realize I am preaching to the choir here!!lol Like Ron my DH does his exercises religiously everyday and has improved enough that he can move around the house without his cane. We have a wheelchair but are so fortunate that most of the places we go have scooters-that saves me a lot of energy.
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and continue to see improvements in the new year. Take care. Janice
Sorry to hear about your problems. I am sure that like me you are amazed at how many tasks you can take on. I hope progress is maintained.
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