Semi-pleasantly Sluggish
Nov. 3rd, 2014 07:06 pmFun day yesterday being fed and entertained with fannish conversation chez ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
kaberett, first time I've been introduced to anyone as 'And this is @WTBDavidG' :) Good to put face to screen-name for a bunch of dreamwidthy folks.
Spent all 5 and a half hours sitting inkaberett's wheelchair, long enough to be able to say 'no, this isn't quite set up right for me' - I suspect I'm maybe an couple of centimetres longer in the leg, so the footplate is slightly too high - 'but it's still the closest seat to comfortable I've found in 20 years'. Chances of me holding an upright posture in any other chair for that length of time are just about zero. So definitely worth pursuing.
Continued experimenting with wearing AFOs (ankle braces) if I'm going to be on my feet a long time (or even just potentially), bendy ankles definitely appreciate the extra support, though it slows me down enough that getting onto escalators in the Tube is now somewhat marginal. Of course the idea is to switch to a 'chair for that kind of thing anyway, so lifts will become mostly mandatory.
Four words to strike fear into the heart of any rail traveller: 'Rail replacement bus service' - fortunately only between Chatham and Rochester, which is just about 5 minutes, and not a problem on the way to London, but coming back, when I was backache-y and really not wanting to be on my feet, let's just say it's a good thing they aren't trying to run in a brewery. Unfortunately didn't manage to get any reading done on the train because, running late to get out the house, I picked up the uncharged Kindle rather than the Kindle Fire I'd purposefully charged overnight *headdesk*
Because I wasn't watching my posture when I got home, I managed to turn a niggly backache I picked up on the train into one that's lasted nearly 24 hours now, which should hopefully drive home the posture message, fortunately I managed to find my electric heat pad (best Christmas present ever!) before it got out of control.
Backache plus that pleasantly stuffed feeling that comes from having been very well fed mean it's been a sluggish sort of day, mostly spent flat on my back in bed, but a pleasant one nonetheless.
kaberett, first time I've been introduced to anyone as 'And this is @WTBDavidG' :) Good to put face to screen-name for a bunch of dreamwidthy folks.Spent all 5 and a half hours sitting in
kaberett's wheelchair, long enough to be able to say 'no, this isn't quite set up right for me' - I suspect I'm maybe an couple of centimetres longer in the leg, so the footplate is slightly too high - 'but it's still the closest seat to comfortable I've found in 20 years'. Chances of me holding an upright posture in any other chair for that length of time are just about zero. So definitely worth pursuing. Continued experimenting with wearing AFOs (ankle braces) if I'm going to be on my feet a long time (or even just potentially), bendy ankles definitely appreciate the extra support, though it slows me down enough that getting onto escalators in the Tube is now somewhat marginal. Of course the idea is to switch to a 'chair for that kind of thing anyway, so lifts will become mostly mandatory.
Four words to strike fear into the heart of any rail traveller: 'Rail replacement bus service' - fortunately only between Chatham and Rochester, which is just about 5 minutes, and not a problem on the way to London, but coming back, when I was backache-y and really not wanting to be on my feet, let's just say it's a good thing they aren't trying to run in a brewery. Unfortunately didn't manage to get any reading done on the train because, running late to get out the house, I picked up the uncharged Kindle rather than the Kindle Fire I'd purposefully charged overnight *headdesk*
Because I wasn't watching my posture when I got home, I managed to turn a niggly backache I picked up on the train into one that's lasted nearly 24 hours now, which should hopefully drive home the posture message, fortunately I managed to find my electric heat pad (best Christmas present ever!) before it got out of control.
Backache plus that pleasantly stuffed feeling that comes from having been very well fed mean it's been a sluggish sort of day, mostly spent flat on my back in bed, but a pleasant one nonetheless.
