6 months on..

It's been close to 6 months since I had a virus which caused me to lose the ability to walk properly and now I cannot believe the change I've had to go through to get here. I have had go to doctors appointments nearly twice a month at some points which isn't easy since it means I miss school and get behind. It also means I have to re trace everything that has happened since I last saw the doctors and repeat myself a LOT which can get quite tedious after 6 months. So I thought I'd do a bit of an update blog post to tell you all how I'm doing and .. coping.

I've been able to walk around school a lot easier as you may have seen in my recent vlogs on my YouTube channel. This is a big step for me since 3 months ago I had to ask people to help me carry things or get things for me which made me feel so small and pathetic having to ask for little things all the time.

I'm not getting back to work and am currently doing two 3 hours shifts a week to get use to working since I am a part time waitress at a local pub, so it means a lot of time on my feet and carrying plates which is difficult for me since the problems I had with my back, back in November and December. Getting back to work feels really good as it means I feel independent again compared to what I said before where I had to ask people for the smallest of things.

I have booked my first driving lesson. I have been able to drive since November 22nd but because of my legs I wasn't even able to use a sewing machine so driving a car was a distant dream at that point whilst sat in a wheelchair. Doing this has made me feel like I've taken such a big step since it's going to be hard on me for the first couple of lessons so hopefully it will all fall into place after this.

Finally, school. I'd say I'm "coping" with school. Like I said before I was unable to use a sewing machine for quite some time until recently (3 or 4 weeks ago) and so with me taking a double A-level in Art and Design, it means I've been struggling to keep up on some units. With the nature of the BTEC I do you have about 6 weeks to do a unit so everything is quite tight in terms of deadlines. When I first went into hospital we were coming to the end of the first unit and began the second unit in the first full week I was back at school. Both of these units needed me to use a sewing machine quite a lot so I was held back purely because of my health which is understandable as I'd missed so much out of both units. Now that I'm getting back on track I suddenly feel this huge pressure to do everything all at once like catching up with art or learning to drive and get fit.. and it's scaring me quite a lot. On the other hand I don't want to go through what I've been through in the last 6 months and wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemies (not that there are any!) to go through the hospitals and pain and stress and emotion.

Thank you for reading my update of my legs and hope you enjoyed it or at least found it interesting. If you have any questions then leave a comment below and if you have any requests on blog posts or vlogs then leave a comment below as well or tell me through my twitter.

See you later m'lovelies
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