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Catalyst. Creative. Triathlete. Speaker. Cigar Aficionado. Amateur Behavioral Psychologist. Fresh Spring Roll Addict. Paraplegic at the moment.

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Thu, Oct 15 Update

I don’t have anything amazing to post tonight, just general stuff:

I’m exceeding every goal and timeline they have for me here, in terms of physical achievements and stamina. For instance, usually the first time in this contraption pictured that allows one to stand usually makes people pass out in 30 seconds or less.

Today I was in it my first time for 20 minutes+ and played beach ball catch with my PT which usually takes over a week to get to that balance and strength. Letting go of that bar and balancing one’s self takes a lot of focus, confidence and practice when you don’t have lower abdomen control.

stand-machine

I’m not one to brag ? .. I’m just excited for my progress.

My biggest obstacle is my broken collar bone that prevents me from heavy lifting with my left and limits my range of motion.

My discharge date is Tues Nov 3rd.

As that day approaches I’ll keep SF peeps up to date because I’m coming that way for doc appts + grabbing some things from my house + grabbing Chloe and then heading to Fresno for a number of months where my Dad & ‘non-biological mother’ (as she likes to say) can support me & they have a single-story home with no stairs.

My place we’re cleaning up and my roommate is cool with renting it out to friends & family of friends & family. No Craigslist & no Airbnb. More for multi-week or month-long stays. Text / FB msg me if you know someone.

It’s way easier to text me than call given the schedule I have here. I have a minimum of 3 hours of physical work each day, spread out between other visits from docs & other rehab staff.

? is generally under control. That’s nice.

Keep the vision ?, good people. Santa Cruz 70.3 Ironman 2016. We’re going to do this.

October 15, 2015

how do you explain something that makes you feel more .. human?

Like when your friend/barber/client of over 11 years drives in from Walnut Creek to give you a shave and a cut.

Thank you brother Freddy Fuel.
The Clip Joynte Barber Shop   |   http://clipjoynte.com
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‪#‎takeitalloff‬ ‪#‎clipjoynte‬ ITS GONE LADIES AND GENTS. ALL OF IT.

freddy-fuel

October 12, 2015

10/11 Sun Update

Had said shower. It was Glorious. It lasted 45 minutes. Didn’t cry. Just washed my hair like 10 times. My previous shower was 9/3. Think about that one for second.

Mom came to visit today and we had a nice visit. She played camera-woman for me below. (may get in trouble for music, if so I’ll repost.)
Getting exponentially stronger everyday. Still loving the gym, physical therapy, & occupational therapy.

As for ? I think we’ve finally cleaned me out. It took 3 days to do it .. but we’ve emptied the system. Which in all seriousness is good.

October 11, 2015

finally got my Mom to smile for the camera.

i told her all about my ? program.

mom_smile

October 11, 2015

10/10 Sat Update

This may be one of those holy cow what we take for granted moments…

I got my own room for a night and slept like a baby. It was amazing. Here it’s 2 per room minimum but it seems like everyone has treatments throughout the night except me and I just have to witness them. Earplugs, noise-cancelling headphones, and sleeping eye mask is not exactly the most comfortable of trade offs…

I get to shower tomorrow for the first time since the beginning of September. Sounds gross, right? It is. I’m not sure if my hair will relax from the perma-bed head I have…

I’ve retooled my dormant blog to be an update page mirroring the updates here on Facebook. For children of my aunties and uncles who don’t use fb, this is for your parents. They can even subscribe and updates will be emailed to them. Please help them out with it. I can add them if you email/msg/text me their email too.

Check it out: https://robbalucas.com

As for ?, I’m on a ? program where they want to empty me out to start a regular schedule once I’m on ‘E’ — I’ll spare you the details. The thing is even when I think I’m empty…I ? again.
I am medically certified full of ?.
But we knew that.
I’m a Barner.
I’m a botoboyBalucas.

October 10, 2015

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