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    Princess Sparkles Paula's Avatar
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    Erm owwwwwwwwwww

    It’s a beautiful (if windy) day so I thought I’d take my new powerchair out for a spin, get used to the joystick before i have the real challenge of getting it round an old hospital. All was going so well until I got a bit cocky, forgot to concentrate, clipped a slightly angled grass verge at the same time as a gust of wind blew around me, instinctively put my leg out to balance myself - my bad leg .........
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    Are you ok Paula. Did you fall out ?

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    Oh no!!! Are you resting?
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    Ouch!!! Hope you're taking it easy! It's easy to do, I've tipped a wheelchair loads... admittedly it wasn't me in the chair but we'll gloss over that....
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    Now I want to know the rest of that story......
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    I don't do well with kerbs, I've tipped my mum out 4 or 5 times, so now my mum doesn't trust me unless there's a slope, and even then I think she's dubious
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    Quote Originally Posted by ElizabethJane1 View Post
    Are you ok Paula. Did you fall out ?
    No, thanks love, I just jarred my bad leg.

    So, Suzi, you’d be proud of me. I experienced what can only be described as verbal diarrhoea and told Si how everything is stressing me out. He asked what I was expecting him to do about it, which is nothing as there isn’t anything to do about it and I also told him to tell me not to worry was like telling the sun not to shine right now. But I told him .....
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    Oh Paula. Hope your leg settles. Xx
    Verbal diarrhoea. Well did it release it the pressure valve???
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    I'm so proud of you for telling him! Well done lovely!
    I hope you're resting lovely...
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    Nope, not much release but it was a start. I think I described my mind as ‘swirly’ at one point

    Yeah I’m resting - and eating dark chocolate ....
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