Septemeber has been and gone.
I have been at uni for about 2-3 weeks; I have had lectures for the past week and Fresher's month for the past 2 weeks.
The Uni has sorted it out so that I have an 'assistant'; she helps me by writing notes in class, carrying my bags/equipment and helping me with some organisation. They have also arranged for me to have a mentor - not entirely sure what she does as I haven't met her yet but I will be meeting her tomorrow.
For classes/lectures/workshops I am usually in my electric wheelchair (unless I feel well enough to walk around - but that's usually only in the workshops), I have had trouble making friends... I think it's the wheelchair that's putting them off. I would have hoped it wasn't but I can't think of what else it could be, but it's still early days so I'm hoping it'll change.
I've met my carer's... originally the company we went with said that I'd have one permanent person and one who would do it if the other one couldn't make but now I have 3 but my favourite one is leaving as she needs more hours than this company can provide and I'm getting a new one (who doesn't seem at all interested) but apparently she's leaving soon too.
For now though I like having all these people helping me; not because they are helping (although that is nice - my carer's do my washing up :P), it's because they have become my friends... My assistant was the only person talking to me during class hours for the first week so at least I wasn't stuck on my own. My carer's listen to me, care about my things (they aren't happy that I'm not making friends in my class) and the other day I was having a bad day, in pain all day and then a couple people I thought I was getting on with kind of flaked on me and all of that kind made me burst out in tears, my carer listened to me and then gave me a hug and made me smile.
I have been loving the SU events!! Loads of fancy dress parties and I do love my fancy dress!! Plus pub style events every Wednesday :) oh and tomorrow we have an X-rated hypnotist coming, I think that will be hysterical!
Last night at Emergency 999 Fancy dress night (for which my outfit was amazing!! I used make-up to give my self a black eye, cut lip, a slash on my face with stitches, blood dripping from my ears, I put a bandage round my head and my arm in a sling... - I decided I couldn't really dress up as a sexy nurse or cop whilst in a wheelchair - It was the most convincing outfit there [not sure if that's because I was in the chair or if it was just good make-up] in fact it was so convincing that people kept coming up to me and asking if I was alright and if I had been in an accident :D) I wasn't feeling very well, I scolded myself in the shower and I stood up for too long... I fell onto a chair and I felt as if I was going to faint any second so I left early.
I'm hopefully going to start a photography club for my uni so we'll see how that goes.
So, I'm hoping people will realise that I am more than just my chair - and more than just my illnesses - but only time will tell.
I'll keep you updated :)
*huggle* for everyone!!
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