"ready to live on my own again..."
| Feb 16th 1995 | ...............I am relying on mother to do too many
things for me......so I’ve started to make enquiries about a flat .......I’m now ready to live on my own again........... |
| 18th March 1995 | This week I did Aikido.....twice..........swimming three times, and the gym three times. |
Aikido was going to help Andrew enormously with co-ordination, timing and
balance. This seems to have been an incredibly poignant and creative period for
him. He has been training for a three year period or more, developing his
confidence and strength and now the 'brainwork' begins to kick in. Reading his
diary has been a fascinating experience and this period now seems to be the real
test , the decision not to let his healing experience 'plateau out'......but to
battle on and take things to greater heights all the time.
| May 11th | My diary has been a godsend. |
| September 4th 1995 | Today was a significant day on my road to recovery. I had phoned up Radnor Road about Yoga, Severn Road about Tai Chi...........Carried on with Aikido Tuesdays and Thursdays..........but I’ve been overdoing it again!!!!! |
| Christmas 1995 | .......I’ve now been practicing fasting as a part of my healing programme for one and a half years..............I think I’m going to end up training people............ |
| Mon 5th Februay 1996 | ...........I’ve learned to rest when exhausted and to take it easy.....just went for a swim and worked on the computer. At the beginning of my physiotherapy treatment I was told that there was ojnly so much that the physio could do and the rest was up to me....................this made me determined to learn to walk again..........( and you know the rest of that part of the story by now......Ed).......... Besides training my body..I knew that I had to train my mind, as I was suffering from short memory lapses and my speech was impaired. I decide to take up evening lessons in French, Word processing and Speech therapy.........In March 1995 I had been introduced to Aikido and I realised that this was what I had been looking for. I have been much inspired by the experience of Keneskua Sensi, who through his own determination got over cancer and thought his way back to health and fitness. Since practicing Aikido, my memory, concentration, balance and general fitness have all improved significantly.. Sensi Peter Gillard asked me to write a letter for the Aikido magazine. I did this and it came out in March and was the start of great things to come............ |
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