September 25th 2023 – Shower Time

Sept 25

Sooo today, my abdomen and the spasms have really been cut down! They aren’t as pervasive and persistent as they once were!

Like, the right and left side of the abdomen are actually all there! And it doesn’t feel like a sheet of “spasm” has covered them, either.

I didn’t use the slide board today when I showered!! I almost got into John’s truck without a slide board too!! I am feeling really good about that! I was able to also get my right leg up by myself, so I got all dang dressed myself too!!! So many firsts!!

I was really feeling the water run down my body, down my mid section, and down my groin! It was crazy! I could even feel a difference between the water hitting my knee/ thigh when I moved my head into and out of the water! I closed my eyes to confirm that I felt a difference!

Even just wheeling around in the wheelchair, I could feel so much in my legs, all the undulations and differences in the surfaces I was riding over!

Mentally it’s really nice too, because the pain usually isn’t as severe, or as persistent

Like, it wasn’t until I just laid down, or the end of the car ride, that I felt the metal or the spicy ribs.

John and I got 5 guys after the gym, it’s sooo good getting some good tasty fast food! I kinda really had a hankering for a burger, and 5 guys smash burgers are so good! I couldn’t help but get a shake and fry’s, and John was having a really good time with his shake too! I’m pretty sure this was John’s first time at 5 guys! It’s really cool that he was able to take me. It’s so weird finally getting out in the wild, and getting to do things like this.