Here Goes!!
I'm not too sure whether this will post?? Or even what to talk about with you beautiful folk. It's a new year, and new beginnings and all, now do I set myself up, to fail again ? Just so I can beat myself up, because I haven't managed to loose weight? or try extra extra hard to succeed,  and make myself miserable? One things for sure, if I want to carry on eating and drinking as I do, .. which isn't too extreme. I must get cycling again, as this will tick so many boxes. But my legs hurt at the moment, and I'm not sure why? and my Right arm, is very weak, so when it comes to simple things like manoeuvring my trike, so that I can sit on it. It hurts and I go all mardi. But I aint got a lot of choice at the moment. I'm hoping an appointment at the Lymphedema Clinic next month will help a bit.

On a more positive note, I have a busy week, doing stuff I enjoy as apposed to waiting in hospital waiting rooms.

If this posts I will keep you posted this week.

I have also applied for a job, to sit on NICE Collaborating Care Panel. Which will involve some traveling to London, once or twice a month . Which unless I improve physically is going to be challenging.

I've applied to DIY SOS :) after Sheffield Cycling 4 All, were involved in making a young guys dreams come true. I'll let you know when it's to be screened. (if I find out)

Liam from Active Everyday, is calling tomorrow about SC4A taking referrals for people with long term health conditions, including Cancer. Which will be superb. And of course I'm an ideal Champion, as I have survived a lot of long term conditions!! and cycling has made it a lot easier.

I am also applying for Personal Independence Payment, which is very difficult!! There are 40 pages to fill in. And if it's not returned by the 21/01 all my benefits stop!!! ??????

If only I ruled the World!!! (well, me and my mates!!:))

 

Sheffield Cycling 4 All gets Facebook or the other way around?

Disability Sport Yorkshire.

I got services for disability sport!!!!

What an amazing suprise that was!!! I was nominated by the gorgeous Liz Howard, because of my passion, for empowering folk.

I'm sooo crap at formatting though!!!

The meeting on Thursday the 11th went fantastically well. I bam very lucky to have so many folk who believe in me.

Peaks and troughs

I was on a mega low, yesterday morning, Ziggy was in hospital, my very temporary gate, was just too temporary, (it kept getting blown away) And to top all that, my computer had a tropical desease or some kind of virus! But within an hour, Steve brought Ziggy back-the computer was taken into hospital-and my new gate arrived:)

My dog jumped about me in excitement as she saw me put my Cycle helmet on, oooh this meant we were going just a little further than the Park, at the bottom of my garden. The freedom, and release I felt from the chains that bound me (usually called a disability) I could go faster than the average person, who was out jogging. And I was even capable of making my whippet sprint.

I chose to call in at Angelas, for a coffee, on the way home. She was really pleased to see me, as I aint been out much :(

I'm off to meet Emily, in Millhouses Park she's a non disabled person, whose a campaigner for equality, and works for the Sheffield Centre for Independent Living. Who are playing host I think, to my presentation, about the Record of Involvement. AND she's cycling from town to meet me :)

High Heels and lippy, have been put away because the filming wasn't finalised, at Hillsborough. Which is very frustrating.

Where do I begin?

I'm getting there honestly, :( these challengers, are sent to try us in life. I kinda gave in, with my other beloved  Fat Lass, as I had big problems with the computer settings, and as some of you will know, computers and I....not a good thing. I do love em though don't get me wrong, I'm just not savy.

How do I quickly tell any new readers, about me and my disability, without boring the pants off you folk that have heard me drone, on endlessly. :) I reckon a Paragraph? A Sentence? When I was 21, (23 years ago) I fell asleep at the wheel of my car, or fainted. I crashed into a double Decker bus, 3 cars, and a parking meter, and lived :) Well I've heard from one medical staff that I didn't, I was resuscitated at the scene, but I ain't seen that written anywhere. I spent 4 months in a Coma, transferred to a young disabled unit, after 3months, to begin the awakening process.

It's no good, I can't do it, sorry folks if you've heard this before.

I stayed in that unit for a further 3months, then I was discharged to HIRC Head Injury Rehab Centre. Which is next door to Zest, where I am a Health Champion, for the Well being Consortium, looked after by the lovely Miriam.

At HIRC I learnt, to walk, talk, read, write and I learnt to be funny again....I think?

Whilst there I married my long term Boy friend, who left me for one of my bezzy mates (boo Hiss's) Oh I forgot we'd got 2 beautiful children, at this point!! So he left me the 'afflicted one!!!' with the kids aged 2 and 6. But thank goodness he did.

But to me living without my ex and bringing the kids up, was 100 times harder, than coping with all the therapy I'd been through. But immediately, I sought help from Adult Social Care, who have helped, me see what I can do and not what I can't.

I told you I was morose at times.

But the light at the end of my tunnel came in the shape of a man called Steve Marsden (CTC). I rode an image crushing mobility scooter, to get the children to school, and I had decided I needed help, because I wanted to swap it for a cycle! (I know I'm going on to those who've 'met' me before, but I feel I have to for you folk who haven't been blessed by my wit and panache!!)

That was 2 years ago, and my little dream of riding to school and back, has taken me to London, Weymouth, York, Buckingham Palace. I've been on TV, Radio, and am even getting a story a wrote about....My Dads Bench....well cycling actually publishedo on October the 17th. So it's been a long School Run, hasn't it?