Another rockin Thursday

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Hi everybody,
Well, another eventful afternoon in the life of MS man.  The other day, my case worker told me to quit using my walker and just use my power wheelchair... then put the walker out on my balcony.  Yesterday and today I had three workers due here, yesterday my PSW worker, and today a CCAC volunteer and the case worker I spoke of all booked sick.  I needed my laundry done... just a hamper and two loads.  It was my intention to fetch the walker from the balcony and use it to carry my laundry down to the laundry room and do it myself.  Wrong move.  My legs and balance could not handle getting the walker through my narrow sliding door to the balcony and I fell in a heap.  I always am wearing my panic button, and with this MS, my left leg is near corpse level, so once I am down, no getting up.  Again, third time in the last month, I was down, it is frustrating.  An ambulance was called, three beautiful female paramedics arrived, managed to get me into my wheelchair.  My head now has a big bump from falling onto a table leg.  Luckily, because of my past athletic days so long ago, my head is as hard as stone, and even though there is a bump and it is red, it does not hurt at all.  The paramedics wanted me to go for an ambulance ride to the hospital, but I just needed to get up and go to the toidie.
Today I used the time to build a new shelving unit from the wheelchair, for my living room, just like my shelving unit that was not returned to me from Barrie.  I probably used up any gusto that I had in doing so.  Of course, it all brought back to recent memory of being dumped because I had MS, all my possessions that I could have used and were likely sold to her benefit., and being accused of being a wife beating abusive son of a, which I am not.  I just thought I would never have done any of this to her... I sincerely meant my vows years ago and would have stayed through this disease, even if she had shot at me for pete sakes.  The stressful thoughts with this MS likely did me in today.
Now, rest, a sandwich, and hope the Jays win.  Exciting evening.  But......... I will never, never be robbed of my joy.  Heres to you Holly.
Glenn