in my quest to find a decent blog spot, I have decided to experiment with tumbler and Google…I know a lot of people come on here and read all sorts of things about just about everything. I must ask everyone who is in any way interested in what ever is that I'm writing about to please be patient with me as I find the best way for me to blog!!
I'm currently sitting in my living room/bedroom having just listened to my PAs doing a "handover" for nearly an hour. It's really interesting in some ways hearing what the PA who's been with me for the last week actually has to say about my care needs and provision to the new girl just arriving. It's actually quite disturbing that it takes an hour to really go through everything, and even then it's just the basics! Who knew that there was so much to say? I'm frequently reminded at times that I am quite hard work. Another human being has to be employed and paid to ensure that my health, safety, and general life can be kept at a reasonable standard. Without another human being being paid to look after me, I would literally grind to a halt and I suppose eventually I would die. Unable to feed myself, or give myself a drink, I imagine I would die of thirst first. I would end up with pressure sores because I cannot move myself. I might develop Autonomic Dysreflexia because I cannot go to the toilet,which basically would mean my blood pressure would get so high that it would cause some form of brain aneurysm or heart attack or whatever happens when your blood pressure gets so high – it would basically kill me.
Vulnerable seems like an understatement when I think about it.
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