Social media and memories

 

I’m sat here having already looked at my Facebook page and up pops my memories. Having memories is it a good thing or bad? Do I want to be reminded of how much I could do 9, 5, or 1 year ago? The answer is I don’t know. During the last 9 years so much has changed for me, I have had to give up work and of course 3 years ago I had my major relapse. During lockdown I started going to a counsellor to receive help with the many things that have changed in my life. The memories I have come to the conclusion are purely down to what you choose to make of them. To be honest many of the things I have done since being diagnosed with MS I don’t think I would have done had I not! 

I remember just three years after being diagnosed our daughter was watching her Dad do the decorating, she looked at me and said “Mummy why don’t you climb the step ladder and help Daddy?” My reply to her was along the lines of No because I have wobbly legs and it would be dangerous. She than said “Mummy you are a scaredy - cat”. I thought long and hard about what she said and during the following week I changed my mind and agreed to take part in a charity skydive with other members of the Chilterns MS Centre (I thought to myself I’ll show her who’s scared, not very mature of me I know!). At the end of the day you don’t need your legs to jump out of an aeroplane. As my Dad would say ignorance is bliss, I had no idea what it would feel like. The day came and I came out unscathed. It wasn’t long before my daughter was back in school and in circle time telling her classmates and teacher all about my skydive and saying how proud she was. So job done I was no longer a scaredy-cat!    https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1YSankKYOMAHtczT86KHam4cvr98R-zjN 

Another adventure I had with my mate MS was when I went away with the Jubilee Sailing Trust with my family. This involved being part of the crew which was made up of disabled and non disabled members. Our mission was to sail a tall ship from Southampton over to Holland. Our jobs included everything from night watch to helming the ship and at the end of the journey when we had docked I was able to climb the mast (which meant being hoisted in my wheelchair). https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1RR_8jzfmx1Wi4F9QpmZxcVLple1WHCon
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1tEkCeK7P4am4omPWM_S6uMfFs8E_bQBM

As I had got used to being hoisted up in the air when I attended the 30th Mobility Roadshow they had a climbing wall and once again I found myself being hoisted up the wall. https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1e-SEjO8BbAAxnsDIZzasDkMOvZz8esZ1 

Life doesn’t have to involve scary adventures, I did however want to remain involved with the fundraising team at the Chilterns MS Centre. Each year they put on a 10k run and I came up with the idea that I could do it in my wizzy wheelchair. I soon realised that I was not a dare devil but was just a girl who had an attraction to men in uniform, having been strapped to one for my skydive I got to be pushed around by even more during the Prestwood 10k!

 https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1hBBvD7JGKLT5pvNGL9KXVokuibQaBriF
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1a4UUGTMefSKd9Vc2RUshtgShhSKY0597

Other highlights I have been on with my mate MS have been when I attended the handover of the Paralympic Torch at Stoke Mandeville in 2012 and also the Chilterns MS Centre’s involvement with a local football club Wycombe Wanderers who are in the Championship league. https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1cyNXhkdC_HwxQXjuqYp8MveGarpjytv0

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1xtAlZFC32ngR0xQBa2jjhl-UM_nhPzVh

So all I can conclude memories are a good thing for me, although my condition has worsened, I can honestly say all through my life I have had a bloody good time and now I say bring on the next chapter because I am sure as eggs are eggs there will be some adventure I go on! 

Be assured though I will always have the backing of my husband and daughter. Although my daughter does not live with us anymore (she is now 22) we are known amongst friends as the ‘Dean Team’.https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1QbjugsIWnXdUgLplWL_t927DubCfYNI7





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