A SPECIAL DISABLED TOILET !

I try to go to see all the productions at Tod Hippodrome. Each one is excellent, I have never ever been disappointed . The musicals especially. are wonderful !



Well,.................. as those of you who have travelled/ are travelling, the ALS route will know... at first you can manage toilets. The next step is that , when out, you need to use a disabled toilet with those bars that come down... then you need to use one of those plastic seats that raise you up.

Well. if I went out with a friend, then,  she would help me up, so that was OK. But very often I went out by myself.. especially to the Hipp.
So ...., on a number of occasions I had to ask total strangers to help me off the toilet when at the Hipp. They were happy to help, but it was difficult for me on two accounts.. 1. There were no side bars and 2.And the helpers were unknown to me !

I spoke about this to a committee member and the side bars were put up, but sadly this was too late for me , as by now I was in a wheelchair and couldn't manage to get in the door.

BUT having highlighted this the Hipp have spent £29 K on developing a proper disabled toilet area. OK I cant use it but others will be able to.
In September the Disabled toilet area is to be offically opened.
There are to be two people cutting the ribbon,on the open day... Craig Whittaker our local MP and......................     ME !!!

Wow , how proud I  am ! I have never opened anything before and I am proud that having brought the need for appropriate toilets to the attention of the Hipp, they have responded... so lots of people will be able to visit the theatre in the knowledge that they are able to use a loo which will be appropriate, should they have needs.

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Planned to go to my Art Crit group this morning, start 10:00am.... woke up, but simply couldn't get organised to go out, too weary, legs too stiff and weak... sad, I simply couldn't go . I had planed to take the painting as featured on a  previous day on  Blog ," Both Sides"..
It would have been good to hear the comments of my fellow artists.. but just couldn't manage it..
This afternoon Helen and Dave visited, bringing me some flowers and helping with carrying a few things up stairs. (Stannah coming on Monday to start stair lift, so soon I will be able to travel up in style' with things on my knees... Yey!!!)
I then had a rest and a microwave meal ,before being picked up by Justine to go to Tod Hippodrome to see Nobody's Perfect. A very light play, but brilliantly acted and produced... well done everyone... and  a biG thankyou to Justine for her kind offer of a lift..
Really i do need to be realistic . One activity per day is fine, two could be on the edge... three impossible.
Get a grip Nikki , be sensible!! Enjoy what you can realistically do!!
Hope this will be a lesson learned. The problem is when you used to do 20million things per day, it's hard to realise that 2 things are quite possible, but more, impossible. I get so so tired and then loose my balance and feel so so  bad.. This is a rotten illness!

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