Mad Mick's Wheelchair Adventures

One thing I forget from the stroke, is/was the emotional changes. Before I was a sort of normally guy, a few tears at a sad film. It was no problem for me to cry a bit at a movie, but after the stroke, WOW I was fucked….lol I lost all control of my emotions, pre stroke a few tears but now, full blown uncontrollable crying, I could not stop…   When I first had the stroke, I watched 13 seasons of Greys Anatomy  I cried 80% of the way through ever episode.   Was getting to where I could watch an episode and only cry for maybe 5 mins, then….  W as doing good, FFS, but I had another stroke, only a  TIA, but it set my emotions back and even now when watching TV I can get very angry when I lose control of my emotions  

 Meet Stuart he has joined me on my adventures so i am not alone...😀

 Went for a push at Mudeford Quay this afternoon, but after a short while I noticed my left hand starting to hurt, so being sensible for a change I turned around and came home. I need to rest for the next couple of days so will only use the electric chair to go out. Maybe I am learning to stop before the pain gets to bad…. lol. A few days rest is better than weeks

Got the gopro sorted out today, this is a short clip of one of the places I push.   Short clip

I am starting to add pushes from home, I have one route at the moment that’s about 1 mile and a easy push.  I wanted a route I could do on the road so looked on google maps and planed a route that should be about one mile and off I set. Was nice to push on the road, so much easier that the paths. After a while I did not know where I was so just kept pushing and getting more lost, then I had a thought, look at the map on my phone.  Worked out where I was and where I had to go, I can’t push and look at my phone at the same time, so I had to remember where I had to go, well that didn’t go very well, got lost again, it took 2 more looks at the phone before I knew where I was. Will try again tomorrow.

    6 years since my last wheelchair adventure, a lot has happened it the last 6 years so this is a quick catch up. 2016 -2017 Separated from Chris and moved to Mid Wales (Llandrindod Wells) had a nice flat, took up playing in door bowls, turns out I was not too bad at it and got picked to play for Wales disability bowls it the tri nations (Wales, England and Scotland) we lost, and England won. Playing bowls at club level was great fun and I made a lot of friends. I was getting out a lot in my chair, used to love going to the dams and making videos. Had two great carers while I was there Garath and Rebecca. 2018 did not start well as I had to stop playing for Wales disability bowls team due to me being silly and messing up my shoulders then in Feb back in hospital with a diverticulitis flare up, not long been home and had a stroke on the 3 rd March. That was fun waking up on my own to that, I had no use of my left arm, and the left leg was very weak, and I needed the loo….