the RTI 300 FES bike is great.. and now having the new pad positions while doing the arm cycle in just 8 weeks my strength has shot up – to the point now where i’m looking at a new goal for the summer to transfer without a sliding board! i am moving up… i am moving forward – i wont give up! had i followed the medical advice given as i left hospital.. i’d still be hoisted everywhere – a text book “tetra/quadrapligic” i’d be reliant on everyone for everything… now im heading towards a real goal of independence!
back to my bike, legs and arms.. my energy is much better – my transfers, i’m always
adapting and adjusting, trying to get my independence back – fighting every day for my freedom – just to be as i once was… but.. to be all i can… i will stand and face each day
Phil – RIP
a friend to many, never forgotten
DO NOT right me off just yet… The human body heals.. my body IS healing! i will BE again… not as i once was, i will be as much as i can be – i have already faced death… what i face now can’t be as bad
we are all here for a reason… i haven’t found mine yet
Last night my catherdar blocked…. again, thats twice since moving to the new place – i need to drink to flush things thru but now drinking causes sediment that causes blockages…. F%$£ING paralysis!!! i need to find a “happy medium”, i will be getting a drinking filter put in (but thats just more money..) luckily no ambulance this time.. i didn’t get the full autonomic episode as the catherdar bypassed – i will be doing my arm bike shortly.. but not sure of the energy levels as i had to be drugged last night due to hyper sensitivity around the catherdar site… happy days
physio today – transfers from bed to chair (repatition) then a session on the arm bike 
i’m back on my bike – just arms.. but getting stronger every day
today i stood! (not for very long… but still!) another mile stone.. it’s another step
closer to that first step.. pushing those medical boundaries straight off the cliff! whose to say what i can and cant do – other than me
i stood using my parallel bars, starting off with full harness support.. then lowering it until i supported my own body (through my arms and LEGS!), i need to work on my balance.. but still i stood alone for the first time in 3yrs! my body feels like it wieghs 3T!!
today another session on my bike – legs and arms, i’m already feeling better after
the arm sessions.. i’m feeling like i can go again! i wont.. not just yet, i dont want to over do things early on, but soon i will build up my session. my last physio went well – again on the treadmill, on Saturday i’m bringing in my parallel bars, we are going to see how much weight i can bear through my legs and arms, this is in preperation for trying out a walker - my first real steps
tomorrow i’m taking a break, i’m going to see the new Avatar film
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