Comments | cornflakegirl23: In which I ramble.

cornflakegirl23

In which I ramble.

Nov 12, 2007 18:12

We're starting to laugh at this now (well, I am), but The Girl and I have just had one hell of a twenty-four hours ( Read more... )

work, dla, atw, wheelchairs, courses

Comments 9

stripymelon November 12 2007, 19:23:33 UTC

What chair did you get in the end? - glad that it did work out in the end.

Care - I don't know anyone. My only idea would be that agency who provide PA's not carers, but they are still an agency.

Hope Sharron feels better soon and you arn't overly shattered by her being ill. xx

cornflakegirl23 November 12 2007, 19:37:14 UTC

1. Kuschall Compact. *Very* nice - stable, and supports my back, and I don't feel like I'm going to fall right out of it like I did with some that I tried, but it still gets me around quite well, even for medium distances outside. Not bad.

2. I did contact that agency, but they scared me a bit so I was pathetic and didn't register. Too late now. Oops. Will register with them for future events, I think.

3. Cheers. We're working on it!

stripymelon November 12 2007, 20:15:08 UTC

Glad the chair is working out. Wheelchairs are marvellous things.

Oh dear that they scared you! Why? Never mind - it was just my only thought. Good luck finding sdomeone.

cornflakegirl23 November 12 2007, 20:17:08 UTC

Nothing major. *Everyone* official scares me :D I like their approach, and I'll probably register on the off-chance that the PA goes away again and they can be useful.

lisy_babe November 12 2007, 19:31:03 UTC

Want me to post the last paragraph in my LJ to see if any of my friends want 8 hrs work?

cornflakegirl23 November 12 2007, 19:33:58 UTC

Go for it. I think I'm too late to sign up for anything agency-related now, because I am pathetic. If you know anyone who just wants even just a few of the hours, that would be good. Cheers.

datawhorevoyeur November 12 2007, 19:39:31 UTC

I think that is one of Chris's worst nightmares -- throwing up, and in public to boot.

I'm glad you're both in your own bed at least...

cornflakegirl23 November 12 2007, 20:18:08 UTC

Yes. Home is a wonderful place. I was seriously missing the internet, too. And clean clothes...

april_showers November 12 2007, 20:53:16 UTC

Oh, I hope TG feels better soon, and I'm glad you made it home!

Very pleased that you have a decent wheelchair at last... from my rehab nursing experience, I know it takes months to get a wheelchair clinic appointment, and that's for a spinal injury inpatient, and then there's the months afterwards that you have to wait- I discharged a 75 year old man on friday who'd been with us 7 months and was still in a loaned wheelchair. All I can say is, despite their patronising attitude, thank God for the OTs in our hospital!

I don't *think* I know anyone who lives close enough to you to help, sorry, though if I do come up with anyone, I'll ask them!