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Real Full Time Wheeling

Written by Sophie on Saturday, September 23, 2006

Anyone who reckons that wheelers by choice are lazy should give full-time wheeling a try. I am soooooo tired from wheeling to work all week. My bum is getting used to it but by the time I get home I am not bothered to do anything beyond checking forums and emails. I spend all my time relaxing and watching videos. I kind of figured I owed you guys an update now though.

Wheeling to work.

I was rather surprised as to how many people from my work remembered me from last year. I’m guessing it’s because they noticed the chair. I’m slowly managing to get rid of that "over helpful" attitude a lot of them have. I do things like force them to go through the door first, partly so they can see I can actually get through a door on my own. I knew today I was making a little headway as one of the girls in my training group came up to me when I’d gotten to work and said "Jeez girl you must be real strong. I saw you wheeling into the ___ even I’m to lazy/unfit to go that way". I don’t know why she thought it was a matter of being fit. I go the fastest way possible. They’re doing some construction in this area at the moment so going along some of their temporary dirt paths is a pain, especially after it’s rained. It did make me feel good though, she had a bit of a rant about people trying to be over helpful, she "gets" the concept of me being independent, but then I’ve always gotten along well with her.

I’m starting to settle into every day wheeling habits. There’s a distinct difference between me sitting in my wheelchair at home at my computer and me wheeling to work. Some of it is a pain. There are times my body simply doesn’t want to sit down, but I go to the toilet then. All of the obstacles are just things that confirm that this is what I want and need. Getting into a system is helping to keep my mind off my depression; I barely have enough time to think about these things. I’m very good at the art of "not thinking".

I think that’s it for now…nothing much else has been on my mind. I’ll try to have another update here next week, but it depends on how much I’ve managed to get done.

Tags: Work, Wheelchair, Full+Time, Depression

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