PIMP MY RIDE

PIMP MY RIDE

Hello to all and a very happy Easter. Whatever you will be doing, enjoy the time with family and friends. Let that bunny loose!! 

For some time now it has been evident that I am at that stage in my disease journey that I will benefit from a wheelchair, and I received my first chair some months prior, however it came to mind that perhaps a 'push' wheelchair was in fact the wrong mode of transport. This became apparent after a few trips out, and becoming even more reliable on my wife. Being pushed is one thing, but I think you lose that sense of partnership. My vision was to have my wife walking side by side..that way I can see her and know that she cant pull faces at me ..hehehe!

So with the fantastic support from Mary-Jane Hunter, Support worker for PDUK a grant was sought and like the magician Mary-Jane is again she came up trumps....PDUK have provided a grant via the local group and am I so so grateful. So off we go to visit three providers for aides and adaptions and we settled with Independent Living based in Newquay, Tim who is the proprietor found me the right chair and exactly what I wanted. You often go in to these things with lots of fear and trepidation, always worrying what people think etc. But Tim from the first second made every part of the selection, testing etc so easy and not once did I feel uneasy..Big thanks to Tim! 

Tim is local and is experienced in assisting people with the disease, he also offers a 10% discount and most importantly you feel you have made a friend. (http://www.independentlivingsw.co.uk/newquay-shop/4576065641)

So last week I picked up this superb chair, no thrills, easy to use, dismantle and very comfy. Yesterday was my first outing to our local shop aided in case of disaster by Jess and Niall. Wow I actually got out freedom....it was scary at first and boy was I whooped when I got back!!! I struggle concentrating for any length of time and frankly get rather exhausted whenever I do concentrate or merely do some basic chores. So now I know my limitations...but remember going 10 yards is better than going 5!! But I am truly grateful, excited and happy that I have this chair, it will make a huge difference in so many ways.....no what did I do with those dice and the go faster stripes....mmm!