Thursday 5 October 2017

Weekend

This Saturday we’re going away for the weekend. Our first short trip after the terrible motorcycle accident. We booked a hotel near the sea and beach in IJmuiden.
Why IJmuiden you’ll think, it is to combine it with a visit to our friend Whera. It was planned on May 5, but as you know something came in between, and I had to cancel it. The weather is not very promising, but we still cannot go for long walks, so it doesn’t matter. I’m sure Basil will enjoy the beach, and we just find ourselves a nice spot at a beach restaurant with a big cup of hot chocolate and sea view. Life can be worseJ


Will be continued……

Monday 25 September 2017

Picking up normal daily life

I still think in two different time schedules, one before and one after Jan Cees' motorcycle accident. Or as I also call the period before, when the world was still beautiful, although this gives the impression that the world is not beautiful anymore and of course it still is. Even for us, or maybe better to say especially for us, because Jan Cees has had so much luck to survive such a bad crash the way he did.

We had never could dream of a recovery like this during the first weeks, and I don’t like to think about what could have been the worst outcome.

From now on we go forward and when he is finished with his intensive therapy at the end of November, a new period will start. From that moment on he has to go to the gym with a physiotherapist to get his muscles in shape again. Besides that, he needs to find a way to find a balance in doing things because his tiredness is still an issue. At the end of November he will also  start going to work 2 hours a week.

For us, it means that we have schedule everything. Not only therapy, shopping, and cleaning but also friends and family who wants to come, or invite us for a coffee. It can be too much sometimes, and it is difficult for Jan Cees to turn them down. That is something he has to work on because since it’s less clear from the outside that he still is not recovered at all it’s more likely people are thinking he’s back again.

Although it’s all very complicated sometimes, I’m still very happy that we can do this together.