Progress!

No, yesterday I didn't actually get outdoors, but...

A really great lady - Penny Bloomfield - visited me from Headway Devon (http://www.headwaydevon.org.uk/information-c-3.htm) to introduce me to the organisation and evaluate what services they could offer me. (I should have blogged this sooner really but, anyway, here I am, so...)

After my appraisal and the bit I'd read on the web, etc too, my opinion of the work thaty Headway do has really change and I'm looking forward to receiving their support. The main purpose for my referal from Social Services was to increase my confidence moving around, including getting out doors, etc.... My confidence hasn't been great for a long while, but since my (non-MS related) fall over Christmas (Okay, I was pig-headed when offered help picking something up and overbalanced! [Yep, I'm big!]) my confidence - and sense of balance - has vanished. I think my diagnosis back in November certainly did explain my on-going problems in this regard though.

Anyway, Headway are willing to work with me - I'm waiting to be assigned an Outreach Worker - to look at helping me increase my confidence but also to address other issues I have with iother aspects of my mental wellbeing.

I look forwards to meeting the person who'll be working with me and moving forwards, into a brighter, fresher future...