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Refinement of Methods

Tuesday 2nd May 2006  

I have been out of plaster about a week now and i’m feeling strong enough to have a go with my telescope, of course I need help with setting up and moving it around.

I have learned a lot from the last session when I went out in plaster, and this time I tried using a Barlow lens (as suggested on UKAI). This almost doubles the image size, and I was able to capture some good shots of Jupiter. I also got a few good pictures of the Moon and a new Messier Object, M13, a globular cluster in Hercules which I found by accident (again!).

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This post is filed under Astrophotography, Car Crash, Injury and Recovery by Lonewolf at 11:52pm

First Car Journey since the Accident!

Wednesday 26th April 2006  

Today was my first time in a moving car since the accident. It felt very weird to be moving and to be able to see where I am going, as I was always lying down facing the back in the ambulance. There were no physcological side effects from the accident and I felt perfectly fine as a passenger. My mum took me to the hospital physiotherapy department where I had a gentle session where they were getting to know me and my injury’s. We did a few exercises to strengthen supporting muscles, but no further pushing of the bend in the knee or wrist until the consultant has seen me next week. The scars are healing very well now, and all the scabs have come off.

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This post is filed under Car Crash, Injury and Recovery by Lonewolf at 6:50pm

I can Finally get in a Car!

Monday 24th April 2006  

Passenger only of course! My second physio session was a bit less painful, I have been doing the exercises from Friday’s session, which has improved my ability to get to 40 degrees without pain, but I haven’t made any improvement on that. We did another session on my knee and increased movement to 55 degrees, still painful but it was not as much as before. Still no improvement in my wrist, I have an appointment to see the consultant next week and well discuss that. I have enough bend in my knee now to just about get in a car, the physio showed me the best way to get in and out with a straight leg. Its not very dignified, but I no longer have to rely on the ambulance for transport which is good.

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This post is filed under Car Crash, Injury and Recovery by Lonewolf at 3:33pm

Physiotherapy Starts at Home

Friday 21st April 2006  

I had my first proper physiotherapy session today. I was visited by one of the occupational physiotherapists at home to help get me mobilised. She started getting movement into my knee, but it is so painful. We eventually managed to get 40 degrees of movement, but it hurts like nothing else when she pushes downwards on my leg to get the joint moving. She is literally forcing my leg to bend, and my leg is resisting as the muscles have seized up. My wrist is a little more worrying as I cannot move lift my wrist up. It seems to be locked as if something is in the way, and I only have a little movement downwards which is painful. I cannot move it from side to side and there is still quite a bit of numbness.

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This post is filed under Car Crash, Injury and Recovery by Lonewolf at 6:15pm

Plasters Casts Removed (Really!)

Wednesday 19th April 2006  

Today my plaster casts were removed, no really, they are finally off. It was supposed to be last week but there was a problem with the Ambulance, so it was arranged for yesterday, however there was yet another problem with the transport.

Even though the administration may be a little off, the crew themselfs were very apologetic and couldn’t have been nicer people, I don’t blame them for what has happened. The important thing is that the plaster casts are off and I can start to move my limbs again. That’s the theory anyway, since there was extensive damage in my knee and wrist and I have been in plaster for 8 weeks, I was unable to move them. They tell me that movement will start to come back soon and that it will take some time to regain full movement.

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This post is filed under Car Crash, Injury and Recovery by Lonewolf at 7:13pm

Plaster Casts due to be Removed

Tuesday 11th April 2006  

Plaster casts off today!!! I’ve been looking forward to this day for many weeks now. Its no fun having your arm and leg in plaster.

I had a call from the Hospital to say that the ambulance had been to the house and there was no answer. Well it wasn’t my house because I’ve been sat looking out the window waiting for them for the past hour and a half. Turns out they went to the wrong address. They were the other side of Bristol and were not able to come back for me.

I have to wait until next Tuesday (18th) now, because my consultant is only in the clinic on Tuesdays. I should point out that up until the NHS Ambulance Service merger everything had been very good - ambulance was usually a bit late but I always got to the Hospital. This was to be the first journey after the merger and it never happened.

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This post is filed under Car Crash, Injury and Recovery by Lonewolf at 3:55pm