20220117 : swallowing... time table
Many folks have said (blessed me) and predicted that I will be able to swallow / eat soon. I am actually terrified of the idea. Very very terrified... Don't get me wrong, I would love it if I started eating. But there is no fairy godperson who will swoosh their wand and I will start eating after. I get up at 8:00am. I could wake up sooner, but that is when I am brought up from the sleeping position. It takes about 10 mins to remove the afo braces , the knee brace (need both in the night to stop the leg from doing it's own thing at night and make it uncomfortable), then remove the socks. Pull me up the bed (I will have slid down in the night. Remove the sweater (which is no easy job to do with a limp body). After that is feed. Then is wipe the face with warm water, comb the hair, apply lip balm, etc. Basically make me presentable. All this takes about 20 minutes. My physiotherapist comes anytime between 8:30 and 8:45am. Sometimes even becomes 9:00am. The physiotherapy s...