You never really think about the day to day things that we do, and if you think about it we actually take a lot more things for granted. You don't realize all these things until they are taken away from you, and you notice all the things you can't do.
I never thought about it but not being able to stand or walk and spending my time in a wheelchair, has opened my eyes and i now see how hard things can become. Just those simple everyday things like, going out for the day, walking up the stairs, standing to make food or a drink, and even just having a shower!
All these things we just do without thinking about them, and it's not until i ended up in a wheelchair i saw that, it isn't as easy to do it all as it was before. Now if i want to go out i have to plan my journey so much more now, seeing if the place has disabled access. Making food and drinks becomes harder as you reach a point and think well i can't carry that all and push my self in the chair, so i have to do things one at a time or get someone to help. Even just taking a shower that all changes too, you have to have shower chairs and i have to be careful i don't fall as i am unstable.
So many things that i would never really look at as things, because we just do them automatically in everyday life. When you find yourself in a situation like this, you find yourself looking at life in a different way, and you appreciate what you have. I have had to adapt my life more than i would have thought, and re-think things i didn't think i would have to, or that i would even consider as things.
So in a way finding yourself in a situation like this and unable to do everyday things in the same way, isn't really all that bad as i opens your eyes, and makes you appreciate what you have and what others don't. I have seen life from a different perspective, and from another side and seen how hard it can be for some people. I have to say that is one thing i like about my illnesses, is how it helps me to look at life in a different way, and make you think about things. Most importantly it makes you not take things for granted in life, and i enjoy life that way.
I never thought about it but not being able to stand or walk and spending my time in a wheelchair, has opened my eyes and i now see how hard things can become. Just those simple everyday things like, going out for the day, walking up the stairs, standing to make food or a drink, and even just having a shower!
All these things we just do without thinking about them, and it's not until i ended up in a wheelchair i saw that, it isn't as easy to do it all as it was before. Now if i want to go out i have to plan my journey so much more now, seeing if the place has disabled access. Making food and drinks becomes harder as you reach a point and think well i can't carry that all and push my self in the chair, so i have to do things one at a time or get someone to help. Even just taking a shower that all changes too, you have to have shower chairs and i have to be careful i don't fall as i am unstable.
So many things that i would never really look at as things, because we just do them automatically in everyday life. When you find yourself in a situation like this, you find yourself looking at life in a different way, and you appreciate what you have. I have had to adapt my life more than i would have thought, and re-think things i didn't think i would have to, or that i would even consider as things.
So in a way finding yourself in a situation like this and unable to do everyday things in the same way, isn't really all that bad as i opens your eyes, and makes you appreciate what you have and what others don't. I have seen life from a different perspective, and from another side and seen how hard it can be for some people. I have to say that is one thing i like about my illnesses, is how it helps me to look at life in a different way, and make you think about things. Most importantly it makes you not take things for granted in life, and i enjoy life that way.