21 April 2009
Went to Worlington. Walked around the golf course and lunched with my old mates. They were all very kind and welcoming and said how nice it was to see me there. No problem with my legs at this stage doing a three and a half hour walk, resting from time to time on my shooting […]
20 April 2009
Great excitement. My wash and dry lavatory is being fitted today.
6 April 2009
The Bio-Bidet unit arrived today. I must now contact my plumber and my electrician to have it fitted on top of my existing WC pan.
1 April 2009
A very nice man came today and demonstrated the ‘washing and drying’ the lavatory (The BioBidet). Alice and I were both very impressed. Apart from the basic functions that are all sorts of sophisticated adjustments one can make to it included a heated seat – if that appeals! It operates by hand held remote-control unit […]
28 March 2009
Three useful gadgets arrived today on permanent learn from AbilityNet. A carrot shaped vertical lever mouse with a left kick button on the top. Pretty easy to use and certainly easier than my built-in laptop mouse. There also appears to be a foot controlled version with which I’ve yet to get to grips. They also […]
9 February 2009
Off to Australia, to stay with the same friends as last year and then onto Thailand, with Dr Long for a week, on the way home. Apart from requiring some assistance with dressing, provided my hands do not significantly weakened further during these intervening weeks, I should manage. After that I can only take it […]
May 2008/January 2009
I went on pretty much as normal over these intervening months but with progressive weakening of my hands and muscle wastage of the arms. Both hands were very weak with the right-hand fractionally stronger than the left. I could no longer manage buttons or zips or any action that required the use of my forefinger […]
23 January 2009
Back in November when I was getting really worried about by weakening hands and wondering how on earth I would manage to operate my artificial urinary sphincter, I dreamt up the idea of a bionic glove. The purpose on this glove would be to give me a ‘grasp’ once the strength has gone from my […]