neurorehabilitationFromTheTrenches

  This is the first quarterly report, starting the new schedule, and name for these updates. The original name of this blog, coma2tri, although aspirational, was wholly unrealistic. So too was the frequency of these updates. The gradualism of my return to workable functionality is such that only quarterly updates could make for entertaining reading. With that additional recovery time, comes a brand new section which has its maiden outing this month, I enjoyed a visit last month from my brother and his wife, which provided an opportunity to break my 400M record in the Billtal Stadion. Break it I did; smashed it in fact, as you will see later. Walking Each morning begins with a short stretch of my hammies. This is followed by some squats -- it started as 100, then I decided, Monday morning, to go barefoot, which saw that drop to 50, with a view to daily increments of 10 -- I did 80 this, Thursday, morning. Next is a 500m stretch on the treadmill. The first of 2, bringing m

 Wecome to the first post-Oscar blog post. Walking I have been tinkering, once again, with my training schedule, but I think I'm happy with it. The main change is that I will now alternate between the Treadmill and Peloton, each morning. I used to do this, but I'm up to 1KM on the Treadmill, so it's better now. On Peloton day I just do a 30-minute, low-impact class, if I've broken my record on Oregon Columbia river. I broke my step-count record, according to my phone, though I'm not sure how it knows. This was on the day of my epic 1.7K on the treadmill. That was extremely challenging, so I was happy to accept the plaudit. My Eyes I delayed this post, to wait for the results of my consultation with the Neuro Ophthalmologist. Bad news, I'm afraid, I needn't have bothered. He spotted a lesion on my eyeball, which explains my double vision. Sadly, it would require an operation, which he would not recommend, as it may cause other aspects of my vision to deterior

Walking I didn't get as much walking in this month for various reasons, including the weather. But I have been fairly consistent with my other training. I'm feeling confident enough to predict that I'll be walking independently with my cane at this year's Weihnachtsmarkt, fingers crossed. My Eyes March will be the month of Sehschule , which I mentioned last month. There have been micro improvements, but once I get my prism glasses, they will always be on, when I'm on my feet. Talking I wouldn't notice any improvements inside a month, but I'm sure they're there. Book Recommendation I've recently recommenced P.G. Wodehouse's (I did it again J.P. 😳) Jeeves Saga with " Right Ho Jeeves" and, although it feels lazy to recommend Wodehouse, I feel this is the best one yet. Wooster tries his hand at out Jeevesing Jeeves, with hilarious results. He takes it upon himself to try to fix problems but ends up creating additional problems, he does t

 My New Year's resolutions this year include one article per month, so no skipping December 2022.  Walking I have further adjusted my personal training, as follows: I start the day with a stretching routine of my legs and feet. Each morning I walk 1 km on the treadmill; that takes ~30 minutes Then, at lunchtime, I do 20 minutes of cane walking At some point during the day, I spend a half hour* with my new weights bench that Claire got me for xmas. I later schedule a daily half hour of freestanding** Finally, after work, Claire and I go somewhere for a half hour of cane walking, outside, weather permitting *There are currently three different activities, that I interleave. They are: 3 sets (20-20-20) of left-arm curls (5kg); 100 weighted(5 kg) back extensions (40-30-30); 100 (40-30-30) leg raises. I hope to get a 10 kg dumbbell this week, which should see changes to the above. **I've only started this All this is inclusive of ~weekly Peloton and Liegerad sessions My Eyes I sta