December 8, 2015

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Hi everybody. Welcome to the blog where I talk about the present.

So I go to outpatient almost every day, for either water therapy or strength building. This is what it's like where I go. It's kind of like that movie, "One Flew Over The Cockcoo's Nest." So, imagine this. Imagine theres an older couple. The old woman stands up and says to the old man, "I'm going to the kitchen. Would you like me to get you something?" And the man replies, "Yeah, some ice-cream would be nice." Tje woman says, "What kind of ice-cream would you like?" And the man says, "Chocolate, but you'd better write that down." And she says, "No, I got it. Chocolate ice-cream. Anything else?" The man replies, "Yeah, some chocolate sauce would be nice, but you better write that down." The woman replies, "No, I got it chocolate ice-cream, chocolate sauce. No problem. Would you like anything else?" The man replies, "Well, actually, I'd like some of those sprinkles, you know, the colored ones, that would be nice. But you'd better write that down." She says, "No, I got it. Chocolate ice-cream, chocolate sauce, colored sprinkles. No problem." Then she goes off to the kitchen. She comes back 15 minutes later with bacon and eggs. The man replies, "Bacon and eggs! You forgot my toast!" Never a dull moment where I go.

Actually, today it's been like two hours of water therapy. I'm pretty wiped out so I'm gonna keep this short and leave it at that. Hope you guys have a great week. Check out my blog where I talk about the past.

Love, B. Nice

December 1, 2015

BrianNice_XCountry-2013_3285-09 Hi everybody.. Welcome to my blog where I talk about the present. My little one came to visit me for a week. It was cool. I remember we were sitting at our country kitchen table and I said, "Run over to the sink, fill up a glass of water and bring it over here." My little one filled the glass of water, brought it to the table. And I said, "Now put it in the center of the table." I said, "Look now, everyone has a different perspective on the water. When I look through it, I see the big window behind it, the table cloth. The light coming through it. When you look at the same glass of water, you have a different perspective. You might see the kitchen cabinets, the dark paint, the table cloth. What I'm trying to say is, there might be one thing, but we all have a different perspective, a different point of view on the same thing. Do you understand wheat I'm saying?" My little one, with a very serious look in her eyes said to me… "Dad, you have a fly on your head." So much for my philosophy course.

I just want to tell you one other amusing thing. This house is crazy. You could do a sitcom on our house. I can't talk, right? I mean, I sound like a drunken sailor. And my dad can't hear a thing so it's rather amusing here. WEll, the other day my dog took a big dump outside, right in front of the kitchen door. Of course my dad stepped right in it and started walking through the kitchen dragging shit everywhere. I yelled to my dad, "DAD! Stop, check your shoes!" He replied, "Yeah, great news! USC won over UCLA!" I said, "NO! Check your shoes!" And then he replied, "Hold on, hold on." Then the dog started barking. He said, "Who's here, who's here?" The whole time, he's tracking dog shit all over the kitchen. I need a vacation. My poor health assistant cleaned up the mess. And the dog shit too.

The other thing that's been happening this week is I have been wearing my weighted vest for longer periods. It really helps in calming down my shaking (Attaxia). It's pretty remarkable. It allows me to do my other therapies in a clearer way. And the best thing that happened this week was I finally got the family back. It had been in storage and repair since 2008. Can you believe it? Anyway, it was worth the wait. It's great exercise for my hands and I can teach my little one how to play. I can't play, but it's nice to listen to the notes and work my hands. My friend here remarked that sound therapy is probably good for me, and it's true because the only thing that works good on me is sound and listening. Everyone's different. This is B. Nice signing off. Love you guys. Talk to you next week. Love, B. Nice

Here's my link where I talk about the past.

November 24, 2015

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Hi everybody. Welcome to my blog where I talk about my present.

Before I get started, let's just say Happy Thanksgiving to everybody. You know, Thanksgiving, we want to give thanks and I am so thankful for my family, my friends, my doctors and my nurses. They've all helped me put more time on the meter of life. How deep is that?

Let's see, what was I gonna say? Oh yeah, my little one is here visiting me. It was kind of depressing because my little one has started to run and I can't. It's sad, but I keep up with her in my power chair. It was a bit stressful because we were going around a lake and I have a tendency to lean to the left. We were going counter clockwise around the lake, so one wrong move and - bye bye Daddy. The kid is quick though. I was trying to keep up in my power chair at full speed, but I couldn't. It must have been a funny scene to view from afar.

There really isn't much to talk about cause I want to spend as much time as possible with my little one. I hope you guys have a good Thanksgiving. Check out my blog about the past where I always tell my Thanksgiving Day Story. If you've heard it before, don't bother going to my blog, unless, of course, you want to see a picture of some kangaroos I did. I call it "My Friend."

So Happy Thanksgiving my friend. Here's the link.

Love, B. Nice

November 21, 2015

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Hi everybody. Welcome to my blog where I talk about the present. It's kind of a benchmark for me to see where I am. You know, I often look back on this blog and see where I am, where I'm going. You know to keep track of things helps a lot.

Right now I've been using the up n go in conjunction with water therapy. That, and I got a weighted vest. I talked about it before, but man, you gotta really do these things every day. It's a lot of hard work. I mean, it's tough, but it'll get you to where you want to be, you know, walking again. I mean, it would be easy to just sit around and watch TV, but you gotta work hard.

One thing I want to mention that you should really know about is something called a wood spider. I kind of got in a little trouble cause I brought some wood in to have a fire and I looked over and there was a giant wood spider on the wall. He must have come in with the wood. I think I even heard him call my name. I never knew they existed here but it can get quite large, a wood spider. Sorry, I went on a little tangent there. My dog saw it and tilted his head a little bit. He was quite curious, but then he ran away. I knew something was up. I think the spider was bigger than my dog.

Anyway, back to what I was saying. What was I saying? Oh yeah, you know, you just gotta work hard. Like I said before, this is your job. I work at it sunrise to sunset. That's about it for this week. Oh yeah, my daughter's coming. That's cool. I get to hang out with her for a week. Man, that kid has some energy. She's 9 going on 25. Anyway, I'll talk to you guys next week, if I survive.

Love, B. Nice

Oh yeah, here's my blog where I talk about my sordid past.