Wheelchairs, Cats at Work, Rakes & my life as a not-ballerina
14 July 2019
Hello,
The editor of the article inadvertently put in the article that my wheelchair had tipped over. This is INCORRECT. It didn't fall over or flip over etc. At 130kgs it's highly unlikely to tip over and it's extremely robust. A few people have been upset at that, rather than the real issue. I don't want a few words (which I have asked to be edit) to derail what we are trying to achieve here.
So now we've cleared that up, I am looking forward to getting my alarm on Tuesday (though I admit this makes me feel a bit like a little old lady - no offence to little old ladies - I am looking forward to becoming one, but not before I am 50 ideally!). It looks like I have enough funds to get one of the items on my goal list - thank you very very much.
My next goal is to fund a bed riser or something similar to get my legs up and down safely to get in bed. As I stand or balance on only the tiniest bit of foot (maybe 4cmx2cm!) there's a lot of weight and balance going into not falling.
I think in another life maybe I was meant to be a ballerina.!I do need to investigate that one first though and find out if there is anything more affordable and better - you just never know.
Last night Socky helped me write thank you notes to each and every one of you. If you have the time and heart to donate, the least I can do is say thank you. There is a pic of him below asleep on the job... Yes too much mirth and mockery, he does have his own keyboard. It is the only thing that keeps him of "helping" me type. Everyone thought I was mad... but it worked! It's just a little $5 number pad but it did the trick...
In my gallery is him asleep on the job!
Yesterday we made it o the "trending" section of giving a little. I've never been trending in anything in my life except for my love of sequins, feathers and all things 1920'.
If you can all please keep sharing my article around then the more people are aware of what is going on in many peoples homes - elderly, isolated, disabled - otherwise restricted by non-entitlement, or simply being unable to access simple things to make their life safer and 'normal' as possible.
Yesterday I went to Mitre 10 and bought a kids rake. Well, I actually got two. The purpose of these is to enable me to scrape the litter boxes without bending over. Haven't quite got the solids sorted safely yet but where there's a will there's a way. I got something that will be ideal but I need to get my clever handyman or someone to fashion something so I don't have to bend down to get it. OnceI did almost end up face down in there...
If anyone should read this and think I am not taking this seriously, I am taking it very very seriously. Humour is how I cope with things. Sometimes dark humour but most of the time silly things that amuse me as I write them (and I know I write novels - anyone still here) but I felt the need to say that as the internet can be a funny place, can't it.
It's amazing what you can do with a kids rake - if anyone has any ideas how I can pick things up bigger than a hanky off the ground with a 'grabber' I'd most appreciate it. Something to grab or hold or slide something into so I can pick it up.
Thinking about it all reminds me of just how much 'stuff" I need to achieve everyday tasks now without putting myself at risk of falling over. It's quite depressing really, not the cost of it, but that too, but the fact that after everything else in life I now have to have more *stuff*... Thank goodness we have a garage or the house will be full of wheelchairs!
My name is Tracey and this is the end of today's update. I am going to check my lotto tickets I was given and see if I can refund all your payments... ;)