On the cold, snowy Sunday that is today, I thought what's better than writing about my weekend whilst staying nice and warm after a hot shower an a day of the heating being on with the snuggie wrapped tightly round me.
On Friday, despite snow falling, I popped to my mums, first and foremost because she had my post, which contained a tax disc for my car and a pre-paid prescription card which I needed to pick up the next 300ml of Baclofen.. As I was leaving, she gave me a big bag if cookies to take with me to Wigan, as I was going to an away match the next day.
Baclofen
As you all may be aware, since the first day of the year, I have been taking Baclofen in order to try and relax my muscles and to stop the dystonia, which means that I have too much tone in my left limbs as I am trying to use it. Unfortunately, so far, I feel like I'm taking a placebo. A the moment, no relaxation has occurred in my muscles, and the only side effect I have had is a weeks worth of weird dreams and frightening nightmares. I have not give up hope yet, however, I have to up my dose in the next couple of weeks, and so I can still hope that a higher dose will have a better effect.
Wigan vs Sunderland - final score 2-3
Finally, an away win this season that I have actually been too! It was, however, not without squeaky bums and a few heart attacks.
We set off from the house at 8am, with inches of snow in our way, to make our way to Sunderland, where we were getting a coach to the Wigan game. Thank The Lord I wasn't driving!
It took around 3 hours to get there, including a stop, and we spent an hour in a pub under the away end at Wigan, called "the marquee" where they served coffee for £1.50 (coffee always a bonus on a cold day).
The match began with a terrible mistake by the Sunderland defence, an within the first 3 minutes, we were a goal down and one of our own players had scored it. This filled the 5000 fans who had travelled down with hope.... Not!
Thankfully, this own goal seemed to be the kick up the backsides they needed, and thanks to a handball in the box by a Wigan player, a penalty taken by Gardiner got us back on Level terms. After this, confidence grew, and Steven Fletcher put another 2 corkers into the back of the net and put it up to 1-3.
After half time, as normal, Sunderland sat back and invited the pressure on. Wigan took their chanc and got a goal back, but thankfully Sunderland did enough to keep the score at 2-3. All in all, an important win, and a great day out.
So after all the excitement of the weekend, I seem to have overdone it a little. Because of the cold, my muscles have seized, and I am walking with my knee bent and on the outside of my foot. Therefore, for the rest if my day, I am going to sit in my pjs and have lots of hot drinks.
I hope everyone has had a fantastic weekend and have a great week ahead.
Love to you all
Steph xx
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Sunday, 13 January 2013
New Year, Same Steph
When it came to the new year, the only resolution I made was to remain the same and to still be Steph. Pretty simple.
Today, 13 days on, I have done some thinking and have come up with a few more, which, obviously, I have decided to share with everyone who reads this blog.
1. A couple of weeks ago, I was prescribed with Baclofen in the hope that it will relax the muscles in my hand enough to improve function. It hasn't worked yet, but I still hold hope. despite the hope, I can't just expect Baclofen to do all the hard work for me, and so my first Resolution is to up my physio and actively see to get more function out of my hand (whether it likes it or not!).
2. Buy my own Samsung Galaxy tablet. This may seem a strange one to many people, as I am basically saying "indulge yourself in some new technology", but at the moment, I am typing this blog on a borrowed (from my other half's workplace) iPad. My little laptop, which lasted me a good 4 years, is now a well established old aged pensioner, and is so very very slow. Why not buy an iPad you ask? Because I like the Samsung models more, and I don't really like being restricted to apple.
3. I am the proud owner of a Kindle. This said, in the last few months, I have not really set aside any time to read. So my 3rd resolution is to read more. This is where I need help of anyone who kindly reads my blog. Please, please, please help me to gather together a book list for me to work through, by letting me know of any good books that you think I should read. I literally read anything, and will give anything a go, so it doesn't matter what it is...
4. Around 4 years ago, I had a once in a lifetime holiday with my family to Florida, which will be a holiday I never forget (mostly the looks from members of the public when they saw a then 19 year old was riding around on a hired motability scooter). I brought home many memories and many souvenirs. One souvenir I came home with was a cross stitch of Mickey Mouse self portrait. My fourth resolution, after starting it today, is to finish it. This resolution is not just for this year. It is massive and is the most complex cross stitch I have ever attempted. It will take me years. But this is a promise that I will finish it...at some point.
5. My fifth and final resolution is to try not to be concerned at the things I can no longer do. I have learnt, very recently, that age has an effect on Hemiplegia. I have also learnt the hard way that not everyone in this world will help me, and they don't all care. I have a hopeful, but very trying year ahead of me, and I need to learn to be happy with what I can do. This has been a problem of mine recently, which has lead to me feel frustrated and down, and I need to try and pick myself back up again. It isn't an easy task, but I need to do it... Again, any tips would be useful.
So that's it. My goals for this year. I'm sure they won't be easy as the were to write in a list, and I'm sure some people would think that they weren't adventurous or interesting, but it's a journey I am going to embark on.
I wish everyone a prosperous and happy new year. I hope whatever you do brings you all great happiness.
Xxx
Today, 13 days on, I have done some thinking and have come up with a few more, which, obviously, I have decided to share with everyone who reads this blog.
1. A couple of weeks ago, I was prescribed with Baclofen in the hope that it will relax the muscles in my hand enough to improve function. It hasn't worked yet, but I still hold hope. despite the hope, I can't just expect Baclofen to do all the hard work for me, and so my first Resolution is to up my physio and actively see to get more function out of my hand (whether it likes it or not!).
2. Buy my own Samsung Galaxy tablet. This may seem a strange one to many people, as I am basically saying "indulge yourself in some new technology", but at the moment, I am typing this blog on a borrowed (from my other half's workplace) iPad. My little laptop, which lasted me a good 4 years, is now a well established old aged pensioner, and is so very very slow. Why not buy an iPad you ask? Because I like the Samsung models more, and I don't really like being restricted to apple.
3. I am the proud owner of a Kindle. This said, in the last few months, I have not really set aside any time to read. So my 3rd resolution is to read more. This is where I need help of anyone who kindly reads my blog. Please, please, please help me to gather together a book list for me to work through, by letting me know of any good books that you think I should read. I literally read anything, and will give anything a go, so it doesn't matter what it is...
4. Around 4 years ago, I had a once in a lifetime holiday with my family to Florida, which will be a holiday I never forget (mostly the looks from members of the public when they saw a then 19 year old was riding around on a hired motability scooter). I brought home many memories and many souvenirs. One souvenir I came home with was a cross stitch of Mickey Mouse self portrait. My fourth resolution, after starting it today, is to finish it. This resolution is not just for this year. It is massive and is the most complex cross stitch I have ever attempted. It will take me years. But this is a promise that I will finish it...at some point.
5. My fifth and final resolution is to try not to be concerned at the things I can no longer do. I have learnt, very recently, that age has an effect on Hemiplegia. I have also learnt the hard way that not everyone in this world will help me, and they don't all care. I have a hopeful, but very trying year ahead of me, and I need to learn to be happy with what I can do. This has been a problem of mine recently, which has lead to me feel frustrated and down, and I need to try and pick myself back up again. It isn't an easy task, but I need to do it... Again, any tips would be useful.
So that's it. My goals for this year. I'm sure they won't be easy as the were to write in a list, and I'm sure some people would think that they weren't adventurous or interesting, but it's a journey I am going to embark on.
I wish everyone a prosperous and happy new year. I hope whatever you do brings you all great happiness.
Xxx
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