Saturday 10 May

Did 3 hours of gardening in the morning (bringing and spreading top soil, planting seeds, mulching and watering).

Did a long walk in the afternoon (2 hours), with short runs on Malabar beach and climbing steep hill.

Exercises:

- did extensive rice exercise: transferred 2 kilos of rice from one bowl to another, four times; this involved grabbing the rice tightly into my fist (so that none would fall down) and opening the fist quickly to let the rice fall.

- massage and forced wrist extension (with other hand): once

- shoulder exercises: once, quite painful but I could lift my right hand a bit more in my back and still push away from the wall. These exercises make me feel that I am reconnecting with my right arm and shoulder, this is a good feeling, at last I am regaining a bit of control…

- reps with 500g weight over edge of table, felt OK; did quite a lot of reps.

My scar is still quite red and painful though. Am wondering if it is infected.