We've put posters up around the village asking for a wheelchair. The crutches are hardwork and it means that I really can't do very much. It also means I am pretty pathetic around the house, I cannot even carry a drink outside and simple tasks seem to turn into a bit of a palaver. I have tried carrying a shoulder bag with me and filling a water bottle up, and putting things I want in the bag, but I am inclined to drop my crutches at the sink, or drop the bag etc, which mean that I am more annoying than normal.
A wheelchair would mean I could help with housework too :( . We have been to the shop by the hospital who have some but they are all over 350 euros, which is out of our reach at the moment - and there is nothing on Ebay.es. Ebay.co.uk have a few but postage to Spain put them again out of our reach. You'd have thought someone somewhere might have one tucked away which they would lend me. One nasty thought - the poster was written by us in our own special form of Spanish (ie bad) - I hope that I haven't mistakenly asked for a wheeled prawn or something which equally random which might explain why we have not had any response.
People say the crutches will get easier - I hope so. At the moment I am pretty much house bound, whilst we can get out in the car, I am pretty limited at what else we can do - I can get from car to bar (hooray), but don't like to stay too long or have more than the odd drink as I worry about falling over again. I am ruing the cobbled roads - this also makes going out on crutches a tad haphazard. It also means that I am totally dependent on Ian to take me anywhere - even to get a loaf of bread.
I've been listening to Moonstone on bbc radio 7. It has been excellent - other than the fact I got confused with Moonfleet and spent the first two episodes wondering where the smugglers were. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/index.shtml?logo
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