With the work that I’m doing in the gym and the physiotherapy no doubt contributing also I absolutely achieved a milestone last week. I can now stand up and let go of a handle on the wall after finding my balanced position and stay there without falling over! The work we have been doing has been strengthening those little muscles that everybody uses in order to not fall over when in a standing position. You would not believe how much I had have been watching people in a standing position and the way that the muscles flicker in order to keep you there. It would be very interesting from a physiological perspective if it wasn’t happening to me!
Here is a picture that was taken at the end of one of my gym sessions with Pat. Patrick is holding a little leather bound book which is a bit of a joke from Project Walk where my instructor over there Eric used a leather bound book and we used to wonder what the contents were. Now Patrick has the ability to do the same to me that Eric did when I was in the US.
In addition to this I visited a friend’s house on the weekend where there were no less than 40 steps to get to the first level of their house. Rather than be carried I used his assistance to walk to the top and then had a wheelchair carried up the steps for me to sit on once I was there. Going up the stairs was actually okay, but coming down was not pretty.
In other news I’m regularly taking Ash to kinder in the mornings riding my electric wheelchair. It is nice to contribute in some way to the running of the family once again.
Hope you are all well,
Mike.