Who went walking with who?
12 April 2026I went for a walk yesterday with Hypershell, or should I say Hypershell took me for a walk. It was harder than learning to drive a car. Eventually, I managed to get the shell cooperating. My right leg does the Can-Can, my left, weaker leg is not so forthcoming with dancing moves. It gets off the ground which is a fantastic improvement. In comparison, without the shell it was like I had Neodymium magnets in my shoes, tenaciously binding me to the core of the earth. What! safety first, is not unusual in my mind, but I used my Walker. I walked for about an hour in circles around my living room, and built up a sweat.
What surprised me was the atrophy in my left leg. As a consequence of my knee being dislocated in 1998, and neurodegeneration as a consequence of MS, it hyper-extends easily, so I favour it. The good news is that my knee is not doing that with the Shell.
I didn't venture out into Great Hoani Street, Papanui, Wild, where ambulances and police cars roam, on yesterday's blissful Canterbury day. That's for another day, which probably won't be today😬
So where to from here. To the treadmill at the gym. It's not very exciting, even when the video monitor shows you beautiful walking tracks, which I might walk if I knew where they were.
After getting used to the Hypershell and gym work, I will start using the hiking sticks I bought to keep the Shell company.
Thank you all my donors, you made my day/week/year 👍👍
