So instead of my usual #SSS Sunday Smile Sermon, I'm writing my #MM Monday Motivation! I guess it's more apt for this post anyway, seeing as I left a venue with lots of lovely people with the KPFoundation feeling massively inspired!
So what's been going on since my last post. Well the mini me turned 21 Alex! I posted a little video I made for her last weekend. I was going to show the video at her surprise party, but I'm glad I didn't now, as it made a lot of people cry! So it could have been even worse at her party with a few drinks down you! It was a great little party anyway, I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did, and Alex of course.
On her actual birthday, the Sunday after the party, we went to the cinema for a chilled out afternoon watching Pitch perfect 2.
I received a lovely card from Sian that week, when I got home from my weekend in Birmingham, I had a really sweet card, celebrating my 2 year "ampuversary". Very kind of thoughtful from Sian! Thank you sweetie!
It was lovely meeting up with Sian face to face at Bristol for a chat with Fi Golver, in her radio programme called 'Shared Experiences'. I was contacted by the lovely Maggie Ayre at the BBC, and when she invited me to join her and Fi Glover, she asked if I knew any other people who may be interested, I asked Sian and she was well up for it! So we did the recording together and had a really nice meeting, the two of us and a lovely man called David who was paralysed from the neck down from a diving accident in Australia!
It was aired last week on BBC Radio 4, click here to listen. I sound so Brummie!
It was lovely meeting up with Sian face to face at Bristol for a chat with Fi Golver, in her radio programme called 'Shared Experiences'. I was contacted by the lovely Maggie Ayre at the BBC, and when she invited me to join her and Fi Glover, she asked if I knew any other people who may be interested, I asked Sian and she was well up for it! So we did the recording together and had a really nice meeting, the two of us and a lovely man called David who was paralysed from the neck down from a diving accident in Australia!
It was aired last week on BBC Radio 4, click here to listen. I sound so Brummie!
Early last week I went to my mobility centre to speak to my prosthetist, I really really REALLY want a running blade! I want to start running better and faster!! Then I would love to do fundraising runs to help raise valuable funds for the two charities that have really helped me on my journey of recovery! LimbPower and the KatiePiperFoundation.
If anyone is feeling charitable this summer and wants to do a bit of fundraising, please do consider supporting these two organisation. They help so many people in the UK who may be feeling sad and alone in their situation, so to have the peer support of others who have gone through similar bad things to you, is truly invaluable! ... And as soon as I get myself a running blade, put your hands in pockets for that fundraising! Hopefully I have one to start practising in by Autumn.
LimbPower are doing an event called Manic Marafun, in July, so I have my costume ready for that! Anna and I are going as the tortoise & the hare, I'm the hare as I'm the manic fast person who has no patience what so ever. Anna's the tortoise as she is very slow paced and chilled! It will be a fun event, I'm really looking forward to it! I'll set up a fundraising page this week to help raise a bit of money for the mile each walk/run/cycle we do! So I'll be pestering you all for donations! :)
On Tuesday last week, I went to view Wolverhampton football ground. The organisation I'm helping Black Country Neurological Alliance, are holding their next roadshow there, on the 18th June.
I will be doing a little presentation there so I wanted to get a feel for the room size. It's quite a big room so I'm a little bit nervous! Well I was REALLY nervous at first, as my public speaking skills have never been great. But doing a little talk at the weekend for the KPF was really good practise for me! I'm feeling good about doing my talk at the roadshow now :)
I will be doing a little presentation there so I wanted to get a feel for the room size. It's quite a big room so I'm a little bit nervous! Well I was REALLY nervous at first, as my public speaking skills have never been great. But doing a little talk at the weekend for the KPF was really good practise for me! I'm feeling good about doing my talk at the roadshow now :)
I've been going to the gym 2 or 3 times a week, to help get fitter and stronger. Go hard or go home! On Wednesday I tried some more gym machines, it was good, obviously I need to do things a little differently because of my leg, but it's not that much of a change.
I really want to try rock climbing! I saw a little girl doing it with a prosthetic leg, on a post on Facebook, I was like wow! I need to try this! Click here to see where I am going to try this week! Eeeek! I'll let you know how I get on anyway, hopefully I won't have too many falls!
I really want to try rock climbing! I saw a little girl doing it with a prosthetic leg, on a post on Facebook, I was like wow! I need to try this! Click here to see where I am going to try this week! Eeeek! I'll let you know how I get on anyway, hopefully I won't have too many falls!
I've decided I really need to go and see a Chiropractor too, so I'm going to see one this week and see if he can help me release some of the tension I have in my back! I'm always having to click my back to help it! Hopefully he/she can give it a good click which will sort me out for a few weeks!
So this weekend I went to Reading with my sister Alex, for a KPFoundation weekend away in Reading. It was a lovely little retreat for many burn survivors to get together and try new things and meet new people.
Burns can be an isolating thing to deal with, so for a good get together, sharing experiences and just relaxing together, really is like a lovely relaxing weekend holiday! It was great!!! I met some really cool people, who I'll hopefully stay in touch with and meet again at another event organised by the charity.
We got picked up from Reading train station by a lovely lady called Karen, who I met briefly at an event the foundation did at the Birmingham QE hospital. She took me, Alex and a lady from Bradford who was at the station too, to the venue. A gorgeous De Barns hotel.
It was a beautiful hotel, lots of gorgeous land, nice rooms and nice balcony next to the room where we all gathered for food.
When we all arrived we relaxed in the rooms where we were staying and then headed to a room where we all sat to listen to an introduction talk from Katie, who then introduced me for my talk. I didn't wan't to go into detail of my injuries and my operations or anything like that, so I just talked about my blog and how I focus on the things that make me smile. How your inner happiness is paramount to your recovery. The fact that I couldn't smile the way I used to, because of my scars and nerve damage, is sad. It's what upset me the most with all of the injuries I had. Literally, even more than my leg!
I wanted to be happy inside and out so I focused on that and shared my journey with others in this blog. And to this day still do, because the support and encouragement I've had since sharing my life, has been amazing! A trouble shared is a trouble halved!
After my talk, we did some pilates, led by the lovely Tulsi at the Foundation. She did a great job! It was quite tiring in fact, so after this little work out, I went to a crafts room where Beth was leading a little crafts session, decorating things with Papier-mâché . I decorated a nice heart ornament to give to Anna when I got home. :)
Burns can be an isolating thing to deal with, so for a good get together, sharing experiences and just relaxing together, really is like a lovely relaxing weekend holiday! It was great!!! I met some really cool people, who I'll hopefully stay in touch with and meet again at another event organised by the charity.
We got picked up from Reading train station by a lovely lady called Karen, who I met briefly at an event the foundation did at the Birmingham QE hospital. She took me, Alex and a lady from Bradford who was at the station too, to the venue. A gorgeous De Barns hotel.
It was a beautiful hotel, lots of gorgeous land, nice rooms and nice balcony next to the room where we all gathered for food.
When we all arrived we relaxed in the rooms where we were staying and then headed to a room where we all sat to listen to an introduction talk from Katie, who then introduced me for my talk. I didn't wan't to go into detail of my injuries and my operations or anything like that, so I just talked about my blog and how I focus on the things that make me smile. How your inner happiness is paramount to your recovery. The fact that I couldn't smile the way I used to, because of my scars and nerve damage, is sad. It's what upset me the most with all of the injuries I had. Literally, even more than my leg!
I wanted to be happy inside and out so I focused on that and shared my journey with others in this blog. And to this day still do, because the support and encouragement I've had since sharing my life, has been amazing! A trouble shared is a trouble halved!
After my talk, we did some pilates, led by the lovely Tulsi at the Foundation. She did a great job! It was quite tiring in fact, so after this little work out, I went to a crafts room where Beth was leading a little crafts session, decorating things with Papier-mâché . I decorated a nice heart ornament to give to Anna when I got home. :)
After this, I had a 1 to 1 session with a gorgeous lady from Blackpool called Kerrie, a skin camouflage practitioner. She tried out various colours on me until we found a match! Then this cream was placed on my scars on my face and neck. The scar on my neck is still quite red and sore looking, but with this cream and then the powder to cover the shine was placed over it, it magically covered it all! It was like there was nothing there! AMAZING!!!!! I can also get these things on the NHS, so the products used with Kerrie have been written down on a piece of paper that I need to take to my doctor and get ordered! It's amazing that this can be ordered from the NHS too, it's such a nice idea to have something like this as a base, which I can then put normal make up over the top. Yay!!!! I'll have to order some in before going on any future dates ;)
We all then went back to our rooms and got ready for our meal together. I did bring a nice dress with me to wear on the evening, but I hadn't shaved my leg, so I just stayed in the trousers I was wearing that day. You'd think with the chore of leg shaving being halved for me, I'd actually be doing it regularly! Somethings never change aye!
So we all then met up in the restaurant room are, where we chilled out on the balcony with a glass of champagne. Then we sat down for a lovely 3 course meal, a nice smoked salmon starter, delicious chicken main, and, my favourite, profiteroles for dessert! It was all so yummy! There was plenty of wine on the tables too, so it was a lovely relaxing meal together with the cool cats we'd all met during the day events. After our meal, we all sang happy birthday to the lovely lady Zinny, who is the charity services manager. We had been signing a card for her throughout the day and gave this to her with a lovely bunch of flowers as a big happy birthday and thank you, for organising such an amazing event with the charity. I hope she had a lovely birthday! She is such an incredibly generous lady and definitely deserved to be spoilt rotten, so I hope her friends and family did so when she got home!
Then more cards and flowers were handed out to all the people who helped to run the event. They also gave one to me for my presentation, which was so sweet of them, I will definitely cherish it!
We all then went back to our rooms for well needed sleep! On Sunday, we all met up for breakfast together. It was a glorious sunny day and we started off with a relaxing mediation time, outside on the lawn, led by Tulsi. After this, Katie did a little talk with some strong affirmations, reflecting on what we all had done over the weekend! A lovely end to day!
We then got a taxi back to Reading train station with a group of people who were making a journey from there at the same time. We all said our goodbyes and I left feeling amazing! I hope the friends I made there are genuinely friends who I'll stay in touch with and meet again at another KPFoundation event!
I briefly spoke to a cool young lady who was helping the foundation, in the space of someone who was on maternity leave. My blog, stating how I wanted to get into Music Festival Management before my accident, interested her and she said we should chat about the idea of having an event like this for the foundation! It would be an amazing idea!!!! I hope to get in touch with her again soon and share our ideas/plans and then start organising it! Ive forgotten this lady's name, so if anyone is reading this who knows, please do remind me so I can get in touch with her.
Alternative limb project
Kiera Roche had a beautiful leg made by them, which you can find if you click here. I'm seriously thinking about getting one. Maybe not a full leg cover like this, but I need a foot shell that will squeeze into a nice pair of shoes! I need a natural arch in the foot, so it sits well in nice shoes! I just can't live a flat footed life! No way!
So I really need this foot shell from ALP - I'm def going to look into this now! I need a nice pair of high wedges for Alice's wedding!!! I'm happy to go flat footed for Dans', that's coming up soon and I don't want to put too much pressure on myself with that! So Alice's wedding next year! That's when I need my new foot shell for.
I'll let you know how I get on anyway. Stay tuned ;)
Until next time,
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