More than once I've be-moaned the issue that 4 days of the week I must stressed myself. On the other three days I have Home Health person coming in and showering me and such and then dressing me for the rest of my day. Usually it's not a big deal the four days and I get by pretty well but I've noticed recently that it's getting more and more difficult for me to cross my legs to be able to put on my shorts that's all I have to do. Well, I always try put on my tennis shoes at the same time that's just one less thing I end up having to do. I shouldn't focus on that as much as I tend to do. This morning was just such an event. Thursday morning that means it's coffee morning when the apartment complex has a coffee group and I like to attend. The event starts at 9:30 a.m. last for about an hour usually. I sort of messed around too much this morning since I first got up but not enough it should have made the difference. I just couldn't get my right leg up high enough to cro ss my me on the other leg. I did eventually get enough of my foot across the need to allow me to lift up my foot enough to slide my shorts on that one leg. There is no way I was going to be able to get the leg over enough to get my shoe on. I did not have that issue with the other leg. That leg lifted right up and then crossed my leg allowing me to finish put my shorts on and then my tennis shoe. After which I threw my leg back down to the footrests on my power chair. I was minorly surprised when I was able to actually lift my hips up and slide my shorts up over my hips and then allowing me to button up said shorts. I need to have anything else planned for the day thank goodness. I ended up going to the coffee group with one shoe on and one shoe off no one mentioned my shoeless foot. I have a total belief that if I have one shoe on everyone thinks I have a great reason for not having the other shoe on. They just accept the fact that I'll have one shoe for the day and they don't care. I got involved with the rest of my life for the rest of the morning and afternoon and then it was too late to actually try to put my shoe on the day was basically over. Had I thought about it or had I been more committed I would have tried to wrestle my foot back up over my knee to see if I could get that shoe on but it didn't make much sense today. I know this is a minor thing to worry about but in my finite mind it is just one more thing that indicates that I'm on the decline as far as my independent ability to do successful activities of daily living. I like to blame my chair as you heard me do a million times but sometimes I think there might be something other Happening Here then just my chair getting in the way of my living. I spoke to one of the people in the group tables that I was sitting at about how I was keeping an eye on the new groups of robots coming out of China. How I'd like to get one or if not get one to own just to see if have I had something like that would it allow me to be more independent I mean help me do things like get my shoe on or lift me on and off the toilet. It seems if I had one of these robots my Independent Living problems or a good portion of them would be evaporated..
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