Another post-Reha Week
This weekend started with the arrival of our friends, Pia and Niall, over from the UK. We went for dinner and drinks in Locanda Riva. Claire and I had been there a few times before, so knew it would suit the other two. There were no late nights o'er the weekend so a much-needed sleep catch-up would be allowed to take center stage.
On Saturday we had brunch in the newly opened Schlosscafe la Petite Rue. The original was jammed with breakfasters so we were prompted toward the castle for a delightfully quiet Fruehstuck. Later that evening we again went to the Burger Lab. As expected, it was great.
When our guests left on Sunday --- guest articles? --- we plotted our training for the following week. This included Claire booking appointments for me with Ergo and Logotherapists, for which she would actually have to wait until Monday. Personal training, for myself and Claire, was still unclear. Claire's goals are loftier than my humble hopes, for which we created a simple Wunderlist. A typical day for me post-Reha looks similar to this:
Typically my alarm wakes us at 5:30. We get showered. Then, after breakfast, I get into my wheelchair for my safety as Claire goes to work. As I work my way through the Wunderlist, I give hourly whatsapp updates to Claire, so she can remain at ease.
I often start on the Gehbarren for a half-hour of walking over and back, using my right hand for support, while intermittently pausing, mid-stride, no hands, for balance training.
Ergo is equivalent to occupational therapy when I focus on my left hand & arm. Here, for example, I move that stack of books, one by one, a few inches, then back. This is followed by coins, when I store as many of those coins as possible, in that money-box. All this with my left hand, of course.
This is followed by mat work, where I do many exercises on the mat. I've recently been focusing on my abductors.
Next is electrostim. This consists of me using an electrostimulation device --- similar to that, which appears on t.v for abdominal muscles --- on my left arm, upper-left-leg and left-calf & foot, whichever is next in the rotation.
Next is squats. Another good use of the Gehbarren. Typically I walk to the far end and do 50. I then change ends to do another 50, then return for my final 50, so 150 in total plus some minor walking practice, holding, of course.
Now I can have lunch and a medication break.
After lunch I do 1000 crunches with my mat.
Next, is the turn of Hirnleistungstraining, as it was called in Reha, when I tested my cognitive abilities with a suite of computer based training games. Coding offers most of what I found tricky in Hirnleistungstraining but it's more applicable to my job. I use this time to work through courses on Udemy, solving puzzles on firecode, and, eventually, to start on some of the opensource projects I dreamt up in hospital.
Finally, when Claire gets home from work, it's time for the Alinker, when I try to produce something strava-acceptable, or, to coin a term, stravacceptable.
On Saturday we had brunch in the newly opened Schlosscafe la Petite Rue. The original was jammed with breakfasters so we were prompted toward the castle for a delightfully quiet Fruehstuck. Later that evening we again went to the Burger Lab. As expected, it was great.
When our guests left on Sunday --- guest articles? --- we plotted our training for the following week. This included Claire booking appointments for me with Ergo and Logotherapists, for which she would actually have to wait until Monday. Personal training, for myself and Claire, was still unclear. Claire's goals are loftier than my humble hopes, for which we created a simple Wunderlist. A typical day for me post-Reha looks similar to this:
Typically my alarm wakes us at 5:30. We get showered. Then, after breakfast, I get into my wheelchair for my safety as Claire goes to work. As I work my way through the Wunderlist, I give hourly whatsapp updates to Claire, so she can remain at ease.
I often start on the Gehbarren for a half-hour of walking over and back, using my right hand for support, while intermittently pausing, mid-stride, no hands, for balance training.
Ergo is equivalent to occupational therapy when I focus on my left hand & arm. Here, for example, I move that stack of books, one by one, a few inches, then back. This is followed by coins, when I store as many of those coins as possible, in that money-box. All this with my left hand, of course.
This is followed by mat work, where I do many exercises on the mat. I've recently been focusing on my abductors.
Next is electrostim. This consists of me using an electrostimulation device --- similar to that, which appears on t.v for abdominal muscles --- on my left arm, upper-left-leg and left-calf & foot, whichever is next in the rotation.
Next is squats. Another good use of the Gehbarren. Typically I walk to the far end and do 50. I then change ends to do another 50, then return for my final 50, so 150 in total plus some minor walking practice, holding, of course.
Now I can have lunch and a medication break.
After lunch I do 1000 crunches with my mat.
Next, is the turn of Hirnleistungstraining, as it was called in Reha, when I tested my cognitive abilities with a suite of computer based training games. Coding offers most of what I found tricky in Hirnleistungstraining but it's more applicable to my job. I use this time to work through courses on Udemy, solving puzzles on firecode, and, eventually, to start on some of the opensource projects I dreamt up in hospital.
Finally, when Claire gets home from work, it's time for the Alinker, when I try to produce something strava-acceptable, or, to coin a term, stravacceptable.
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