I'm feeling rather frustrated and trapped. I got up from our settee where I'd had a little dose. I walked through to our kitchen using my walker and saw that it was lovely and bright outside. I got the feeling that I had always got in such situations "I want to be outside enjoying the fresh air." My husband had gone for a walk to our local woods half an hour earlier.
I cannot venture out on my own yet because the threshold of our flat still has not been made wheelchair friendly. The council are terribly slow doing this. It ought to have been done before I moved in.
Another thing that I've felt a couple of dozen times but kept it to myself, not wanting to become a moaner. Why, on a nice day does my husband decide to go for a walk on his own. Then about once every week or two but the last two Saturdays does he decide to take me out when the weather is fowl. I have to get wrapped up like a Michelin Man and he pushes me in my light weight manual chair. We don't usually go far, about twenty minutes to half an hour. Then back to the car. It feels like a waste of effort getting into the chair. But I do still enjoy the drives. Roll on powered wheelchair independence. It needs to happen quickly or l'll go stare crazy. Lynne
I cannot venture out on my own yet because the threshold of our flat still has not been made wheelchair friendly. The council are terribly slow doing this. It ought to have been done before I moved in.
Another thing that I've felt a couple of dozen times but kept it to myself, not wanting to become a moaner. Why, on a nice day does my husband decide to go for a walk on his own. Then about once every week or two but the last two Saturdays does he decide to take me out when the weather is fowl. I have to get wrapped up like a Michelin Man and he pushes me in my light weight manual chair. We don't usually go far, about twenty minutes to half an hour. Then back to the car. It feels like a waste of effort getting into the chair. But I do still enjoy the drives. Roll on powered wheelchair independence. It needs to happen quickly or l'll go stare crazy. Lynne
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