I have now contacted Remap head Office and got their acceptance of my proposal to attempt the challenge.
I have also got "Buy in" from the Erith Leisure Centre manager for the use of their facilities and permission to film the attempt.
In preparation I have been using the quad press, the pulley weights and the hamstring curl machine for several weeks now.
The first Iteration of this web site has been produced and the Just Giving web site is now on line. I have produced an appeal document and printed the first batch of "Memory jogger" cards.
The
Gym management have moved machines around in an attempt to make
things easier for me to do the stand.
This is helpful but I felt that I would be inconveniencing others so I
looked at other machines with a view to standing against them.
The Pulley weight machine looked like a good bet so I had a go and this
was the result:
Things did not go so well today at the Gym. For some reason I had no power in the muscles that I have control of so I could not work the equipment as well as I normally do. For some reason the quad press had been moved too close to the entertainment equipment so I could not use it
The stand time was much less than last week. It is a pity that yesterday's attempts were not recorded - they were better.
The Gym has rearranged the exercise machines again so that I can access the machines that I need to use. I really do appreciate their very helpful actions.
Things are going better. - This week I managed fifty five seconds at the Gym. It was a pity that the camera man was not around to record the progress.
DHB, The physiotherapist has upped the agony. Now, when I stand I have to stand, squat down half way then stand straight again. He wants me to do this ten times within each stand. I managed six squats before hitting the seat of the power chair. My new regime has reduced the stand time to 35 seconds.
The hospital canceled my session with them so I was unable to stand there this week.
Next week will be a rest for me as three of my training sessions have been canceled, leaving only the hospital gym session to do a supervised stand. I will still exercise so that my strength is maintained.
I went to the Royal National Orthopedic Hospital at Stanmore today for a routine ultrsound check of my shoulders. They found a partial tear in one of the tendons and gave me three injections: .A local anesthetic, a steroid and a long term anesthetic injection, which should resolve the problem. At the moment the shoulder hurts more than it did before the injection.
I have been told not to stress the shoulder for at least a week so I will not be able to go to the gym and train next week.
I will have to find other ways to strengthen my legs.
I went to the Royal National Orthopedic Hospital at Stanmore yesterday where they gave me an infusion of an anesthetic. This reduced my neural pain levels dramatically but unfortunately only for a few hours. I went to the Gym today and, to my surprise, found that the exercises were easier to manage.
The gym was busy but I managed to stand a couple of times for just under a minute.
I managed five stands earlier in the week and the average for the five stands came out at one minute ten seconds. I'm almost there!
Now all I need is more sponsorship and then I will be able to show a final video on the WEB.
This morning I damaged my back. Although I do not have true feeling my body knows when it is damaged. It tells me that it is hurt by going into spasms and suddenly jerking me out of position. This stopped me going to the gym and making a video of my progress. The afternoon gym time was taken up with investigating the extent of the damage and then treatment.
I have been advised to "take it easy" for a couple of days.
Following the Stanmore visit last week, my neural pain levels appear to be lower than they were before treatment. That said my non-neural pain levels have increased. The treatment to my shoulder was successful and am now able to use it normally.
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