by Wayne | Oct 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
What does ‘Mental Health Awareness Day’ mean to you..? I can see much reference in the news / media these last couple of days with celebrities posting ‘touching social media posts’ such as ‘it’s okay not to be okay’… it got me thinking of my journey and where I find...
by Wayne | Oct 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
My next milestone : Mon 2nd Nov return to fracture clinic Felt amazing to have flown through Phase 1 : Non-weight bearing without any hiccups or any detrimental effects to the healing process. My immediate post-surgery goal was always to get through to Mon 21st Sept...
by Wayne | Sep 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
I have got to say it does not matter how old or experienced you are clock watching / calendar watching just burns brain cells unnecessarily and adds weight to stress levels. No matter how much you tell yourself stop, you just cannot help yourself. I have tried hard...
by Wayne | Sep 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
One week to go until my fracture clinic appointment… ticking the days off as we go…!!! Mental Aspect… Positivity this week. A sports cliché I know and for me I challenge exactly what people mean when using the word ‘positivity’ because it is not always...
by Wayne | Sep 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Post Op – Week 4… “Getting on my nerves” Am now through week 4 post op and beginning to calendar watch with my Mon 21st Sept fracture clinic appointment on the horizon. Got to stop it otherwise time will drag on…!!!! Mental Aspect… Hands up those who think...
by Wayne | Aug 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
I guess this is where the bigger personal tests start to show themselves as I become less dependent upon medication and the monotony of not being able to walk and be mobile start to really impact what my day looks like both mentally and physically. Firstly, the mental...
by Wayne | Aug 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Phase : Post Op – 6 weeks non-weight bearing. Typically, these types of phases can be extremely monotonous… I know this from experience and with this immediate phase being a non-weight bearing requirement I know that this will certainly be the case. Monotony...
by Wayne | Aug 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
So, during the lock down I envisaged that I would be able to spend more time concentrating on developing the lookmumonehand concept to see if an alternative employment / source of income can be driven. That focus on blogs, social media outreach and such like did...
by | Nov 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
As the winter months begin to kick in there is no chance that I’ll be out and about on the local country roads as I did during the summer and autumn months. Call it risk mitigation or just plain body preservation I guess… the thought of trying to stay up on often damp...
by | Jun 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
A subtle gadget to consider to help mitigate risk when trying the ‘look mum no hands’ approach… At the time of writing this small blog we are being fed multiple news snippets about the dynamics of the crash that Chris Froome has had. I gather from an...
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