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I had most of today to myself, as Jules went tol Melbourne to spend the day browsing the fashion shops with daughter Mia. So just as I decided to cook Moroccan meatballs, architect Ian dropped by for coffee, and stayed for an hour or so. Then I managed to get into cooking after he left. It takes me an age to cook these days, as having only one effective hand means I have to be careful with everything, specially the super sharp knives. I'm not much good at finely chopped onion, for example, unless I want to include some finger....which I don't! And while measuring out spices is easy, cracking an egg is still hard...without getting some shell into the pot as well! I guess most of we survivors who enjoy cooking have to adopt different ways of doing things to people who are not in the slightest disabled. But someow we manage. The meatballs are now cooked and sitting in the 'fridge until we have them for dinner tomorrow night (with salad and cous cous), as this evening we have been invited out to a wonderful couple, Ian and Simon, who live just down the street. Ian, who is an outstanding cook, still loves simple food so we are having corned beef, mashed potatoes and greens. Anyhow, I digress. After finishing the cooking I went for my half hour fast paced walk, and really felt it in my calfs, which are obviously still feeling yesterday's stair walking! But if I dont walk, the body starts to seize up, and Moochie the dog loves it. I wish I had her boundless energy!. When I got home I jumped in the car and did a quick tour of the food shops and bakeries as Jules' best friend is training it up from Melbourne tomorrow to spend the day with her, and she is a vegetarian. So Jules wanted me to check on which were the best looking vegetarian pasties and savoury tarts. So I have had an interesting day, and Jules arrives back at the Kyneton station at 4.30, where I will pick her up.
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I'm cutting and pasting this from the end of a previous post, where it is likely not seen. Gotta stop doing that. Then new news after the paper: Another thing we have recently started, tracking our food. For years, we have written down what we ate each day, and have actually counted weight watcher points. I got him a little notebook and I have a new one too, as my previous one became the emergency stroke book, when it all hit the fan. Anyway, so everyday we write down what we ate, and sometimes we do it right away, and sometimes I let it slip, then I like to see what he can remember. He is getting writing practice, which is also making his eyes work to follow the line, and brain organizing practice & memory practice. So, I think this is very good for us, especially since it is a 'normal' that we always did before. He is doing pretty good with it, there is usually at least one thing that I look at and wonder what it is: SAT, AUG 25, 2012 While in our local hospital, 5 minutes away, doing blood test and picking up paperwork, I noticed they have many long hallways lined with handrails. I thought when Bob was ready, I'd bring him in there, where he could walk, without the pain of lifting his hemi-walker every step. Today was the day! I didn't even have to take the wheel chair, as they have ones to borrow. Once we got to the long (mostly deserted) hallways, he walked.... and walked.... and walked. Then we arrived at what was obviously the cafeteria! We decided since we were there to go in, and they had lasagna and cheese bread! And pie! Then we left there and did a little more walking, till we got to the first hallway, which didn't have handrails on the side he neede when exiting (weird). He walks up and down the drive and is usually sweating like made by the time he comes back up, but doesn't really have a place to see how much he COULD walk. Today he walked about 500 steps! WOOT! Walking is what he's always said was the thing he wanted back the most. Today I told him, this is it, this is the real beginning to getting your walking strength back, and doing the things you want to do.