Nov 20 2011
Back in the T4
This feels like progress as I’ve got the new starter motor on my T4 VW Transporter so can use my trusty van again 
Admittedly I’ve been driving the wife’s van last week so not really a step change in that sense, however marks a return to normality with a busy weekend this weekend at RYA T15 Conference and next weekend with an invite to demo my brands at SWA event next weekend, And before the weekend, ‘Minds Wide Open’ movie premiere Wednesday night Nice, very nice indeed
Return to physio tomorrow …. Hopefully see some improvements and some more encouragement from my Physio
Spent all day yesterday putting a new fuel pump into my son’s Ram truck. Not a fun job- it meant dropping the whole fuel tank out. Achilles was a bit sore at night, having spent the whole day on the hard garage floor in the cold.
Unfortunately, to change the pump, I used my lift; which is where I usually park my old Jag. Moving the Jag, to make room for the truck, it quit at the bottom of the driveway. Went to re-start it, and the starter motor died (yes, I’m fairly sure it’s the actual starter motor). So, now, I get to do a starter motor too. It would be a lot easier to change out the starter, if I could start it to get it back up on the lift :-(. For now, I had to hand winch it back up the driveway into the garage…
Guess like it or not, we all follow the same recovery pattern after all?
Perfect timing as demo board en-route as I type this so might even have it for the weekend 
Hope the jag is easy fix, should be as its an old one with lots of space around serviceable items.
Physio session today and she measured me up and I’m fixing pretty well. Knee against wall with foot as far away as poss is improving and not far short of my good leg, and calf girth only half inch behind.
She got me on a step on my toes doing heel raise and lower exercises, started with 15 to see how I got on.
Then progressed to one legged balance board action.
Still not allowed to windsurf, but …. I reckon she’ll let me go SUP
Apparently when I can do heel raises on one leg then I’m good to windsurf …..