Hi GodsGrace,
How is getting about and doing tasks? Do you find it difficult to move around and transfer/do chores/etc.?
How are you keeping yourself entertained?
Hope you are doing well and best of luck!
Thanks for checking my diary, randomperson.
I believe I am managing fine with moving and doing chores. From my bed I will transfer to wheelchair and using the wheelchair I will move around my home wherever I want. I will move to the bathroom and do my brushing and cleaning up my urine bottle ( bought a 2000 ml capacity one from amazon, this one thing my wife really hates to touch it, LOL) and if I want to po*p I will transfer directly from my wheelchair to the toilet commode and once I am done I will transfer back to my wheelchair. Regarding the showering, my 2 bathrooms have big bath tubs (like a jaccuzi and it is very tall in height). First I bought the transfer bench but for some reason since the bath tubs are really tall even if I adjust the height of the transfer bench it wasn't fitting quite well since the bottom part of the bench was always touching the top of the bath tub. So I returned that and bought simply the bath stool. So from my wheelchair I will first transfer to the bath tub since the bath tub edges are wide enough to accommodate my bu*t (honestly you can sit there for hours and sometimes that's what I do to attend my office calls when my kid is watching the TV, LOL) and from there I will transfer to the bath stool. Once I am done with bathing I will do the same in reverse.
As far as the entertainment is concerned, I don't know this is how my day goes. I am not currently working. Took a 5 months break in fact I left my current job. I will wake up in the morning, do brushing, have my breakfast, get ready for PT, the wheelchair van service driver comes and picks me up and easily 3-4 hours will be gone in the PT process. By the time I come back home it will be lunch time and after my lunch I take a nap for almost 1-1.5 hours and then wakeup around 4 PM. Then I will work with my daughter for her homework oh man it's a torture and she simple wastes a lot of time I know she is just 6 so it's very difficult to keep her focused. But I will do my workouts and stretches while I am helping her with her homework. I have setup a mini parallel bar right next to my bed, the desk bike, and few dumbbells. I pretty much do my weight trainings every alternate days. Then after that I will take the shower and if time permits I will play with my daughter for a while then have my dinner and get back to the bed. In between all these activities I spend few mins on the lengthening part. Once I am on the bed depends on my mood I will watch either a movie or a series or crypto videos.
I have also bought an electric wheelchair and I am planning to use that from this weekend onwards. Once I start using it then I plan on going out everyday in the evening with my daughter while she does the biking. If not on the weekdays at least on the weekends. Weekends are the worst for me right now since I haven't started to going out not even in my apartment community. At least on the weekdays you go out for the PT so 3-4 hours flies by quickly.