After my last post I attended a 5 day course with Back Up, for people with spinal cord injuries. Doing things like abseiling, zip wires, canoeing, and a truly amazing coastal push together wth learning wheelchair skills, I can totally pop am awesome wheely now, as well as get up kerbs and learning how to go up hills, zig zag style to make it easier. It was an awesome time and I made some new friends.
In August, I went away wth another organisation called Shine Cancer Support, camping for a few nights although I only made it one night as I had an asthma attack and ended up in A&E in Poole at 3am.
After August I started to go downhill, my mental health was suffering, I'd been diagnosed with depression and agoraphobia earlier in the year but now it was really starting to take hold, until October when I ended up as an inpatient in the local mental health services, until discharge just before Christmas. I also had an operation in between so had a week off although always had someone sitting with me in the hospital.
After my inpatient discharge I started day patient services at the local day hospital in December, and I've been there every day to now. Hopefully at my review tomorrow will let me know when I might be discharged.
I did have a very nice time at the Back Up Ball in November, I only had limited time out so could only stay until 10 but I had great fun.
I'm starting to feel more like myself now and know things are improving. I just hope they continue to.
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