Wheels an' Thanks !

Well the trip to Wheelchair Services was a waste of time ! Really pisses on my battery as my new chair was supposedly going to be A1 and I was to walk / wheel out of there feeling grand ! ,!,.....Well no thanks, spoke with technitions and NO , they agreed that it would be in my best interest to leave with what I have apposed to the manipulated, so called chair - Stanmore OT's are gonna bE livid !!!!. So that out of the way, and new parts on order, we wait another 6-8 weeks !!! Time and 'elf n Safty are one in all and need to be respected here ! God if only they knew how we have defied the rules
. So bottom line, I remain with the half built chair that was delivered on discharge. I can live with that !  Coz, I have to !!!!!! The pains of a crip, slide gently into a whiter shade of pale !.

Now that I am on the outside, and slowly getting to terms with real life in a chair, there are so many people that deserve thanks beyond words ! My folks who, for 2 months kept my excersises going, everyday massaged my awfully skinny legs, continually re-assuring me that things would be ok in the end ! At their age, they should not have had to endure the trauma that I caused them ! Thanks D &D - Lintz cockiest will forever be a reminder of those dark days of " no-body " quite knows where I will land up. Is it neuro or is it spinal ???

The numerous prayer chains around the world - How can I thank you ? Apart from saying THANK YOU !! !  My good friend Jen, who also made it her mission to see me every weekend ! Thanks Jen,
who kept me in grapes for the week, as well as chockolate - a psassion I soooooo was not to eat - love you Jen ! I will  never eat a slab of chockie again without thinking of you. Cadbury mates for life ! Grapes I will never eat again !!! .

My darling ditsy Shesh, who came to encourage me whenever she could get away ! Thank you my Shesh for many a fabulous visit to the dismal ward that eventually became home to me !! Love you Shesh !!

 Then there is Nic and Graaaaahm !, my cousins that visited every weekend, bar 2 when they had to take up a hotel gift from their kids, and the other , when there was no transport. A bond formed that nobody will ever be able to crack ! Love you both !! And Thank you !!! Sunday's just don't feel the same anymore - but they will.

In no particular order, as I am sure you will understand, as I am typing with one finger and remembering as I go - there is Jo and Justin, and the Genisis team, who transformed my basic home into a perfectly liveable homely pad ! Adding that touch of " lived in " feeling ! Together with the unspoken deed that Jo did ! No amount of thanks could ever show the appreciation I have for them. But, I thank you all the same ! Gods blessings !

My good friend of at least 30 years, Peter, who together with the rest, made it his mission to see me as often as possible ! Often to be rejected by the nursing staff or myself saying go away ! Peter, you are a legend ! Love you, and thank you for your continual positive nature that definitely rubbed off on me !

Then there are the friends that visited when they could ! Much appreciated ! Again, thank you for your  input, and positive gestures !

The staff, nurses, and all Involved at Stanmore, need recognition for their total dedication ! Love, and miss you all - but sooooo happy to be on the outside !

Forgive me if I have forgotten to mention you in this blog , I will boil it down to a stroke and loss of memory ! Hope you can do the same :)  As always, love you, and remember to thank God for all small mercies !!

G.