Friday 13th - Wednesday 18th February 2004

All these days were very much the same, which is why I've grouped them altogether. There was no change to either of my legs or my right hand.
I was still taking the latest batch of tablets - waiting for them to start doing something, and also waiting to hear from the hospital about when my appointment would be.
Two things that were particularly difficult to do were actually sitting down and standing up, and
I literally had to 'fall' onto whatever I wanted to sit on!
As standing for a shower would be awkward I decided to have a bath instead. Luckily there is a wide enough tiled shelf behind my bath so I cleared it off and sat on that, then swung my legs over the bath and slid down into the water.
The trouble came when I wanted to get myself out again. I thought I would slide back up onto the shelf and do it all in reverse. This didn't quite work though, as I needed to press with my hands on the bath sides first to take my weight. I couldn't press with my right hand so I only had my left hand to use. Not thinking I would need as much pressure as I did, I failed to press hard enough, and as I slid up to the shelf, my hand gave way, and not being able to stop myself because of my knees, I rapidly dropped back down into the bath, sending a whole load of water all over the bathroom floor and up the wall!
Despite everything, it was really funny!