Today is a big day for me…it’s my 2nd anniversary since What The?! Day. *
Two years ago, something went bung in my brain! I stood frozen still, couldn’t move anything, couldn’t speak. But I could hear everything, although from far away, in a fog of time. They thought I’d had a stroke.
I was very, very lucky, all the scans were clear.
After about two hours my speech was normal, though laboured, and I could walk with support. Huh?!
Now repeat many times. Add alternating wheelchair, wheelie-walker, and walking stick.
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Fast forward 2 years…
I’m getting back to normal, only a bit to go. I choose to think of all the gains I’ve made, even the small ones. I’ve learned to adapt and still be me, even if I have to think around obstacles. And I haven’t lost my sense of humour!
But…I’m getting back out there! Yay! You can’t keep a good day tripper down!!
So I’ve put my gumboots near the back door for my goal to bushwalk again. And I have my khaki jacket with pockets for stuff…rocks, camera gear, rubbish, binoculars.
So this afternoon, on the 2nd anniversary, I put on my coat again and we went for a drive as the sun was going down.
Taemas bridge over the Murrumbidgee
We parked at Taemas Bridge on Wee Jasper Road, with a coffee and a sandwich.
The bridge of steel and concrete crosses mostly a sandy bed and exposed tree trunks. Red clay gullies slash the impossible near-vertical hillside. Wire fences straddle the climb in mid-air. (How did they build those fences?)
In the hazy shadows at the water’s edge, we spotted a white crane wading. It jumped up on a rock ledge to join a blue crane.
Yep, it’s beautiful out there guys, that’s what really counts! *18 May 2016. I wasn’t able to take new photos so I’ve recycled one that shows how it looked.
For more information on neurological symptom disorders like mine, these are great resources and support and have helped me so much:
http://www.neurosymptoms.org and http://www.fndhope.org
Daytripper Sippers 