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2016-03-24 10:24 am
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Bendy Dreams

It's rare enough that I remember dreams, and disability tends to be a bit inconsistent in them. But last night/this morning was the first time I've dreamed of being hypermobile. Of course being a dream it couldn't just simply be 'Oh, you're bendy', no, I had managed to dislocate both left shoulder and right knee. Which is a slightly odd combination as while my left shoulder is dodgy, it's the right one that subluxes, and my right knee is one of the few joints I rarely have issues with.

I suspect the trigger for the dream was writing down notes for my wheelchair assessment next week. I don't recall the 'plot' per se of the dream, but whatever had caused the dislocations, I ended up being treated by itinerant Americans who for some reason had taken over a British hospital. It's logic, Jim, but not as we know it.
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2015-09-04 01:41 pm
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The One In Which My Lumbar Spine Speaks to Me in My Dreams

I don't generally recall dreams clearly , but both nights sleep since I got back from Athens have featured dreams with me very prominently using wheelchairs and leg braces, and then I wake up to a rod of pain where my lumbar spine should be. Yes, spine, I get the message, you didn't like the nasty cobbles. It's all right, they're gone now. (Well, at least until the next trip into town).

I just realised I haven't renewed my Butrans patch, whoops.