Just as I was starting to get up for a little more time as my pressure sore on my right ischium was healing – my flipping wheelchair broke!  Arrrrrrgh!   The left hand part of the frame/castor clamp has sheered so the castor will not work as it is sitting at a jaunty angle.  I have no idea if this can be repaired or if I have to get a new wheelchair (supplied by NHS) so I have no idea how long this will all take.  I do have a very old (39 year old) wheelchair as a spare but it isn’t quite the same height etc as my new one so I am reluctant to use it as I am having to do lots of transfers on and off the bed and loo and my ischium is still very delicate and I don’t want to bash it during a transfer.  Harry has managed to do a temporary fix so I can still use the broken chair around the house but I have to be very gently with it so I can’t even go into the conservatory or patio in case it gets caught between the slabs  in the grouting.  My shoulder is still very painful and all this bed rest is not doing it any favours.  For now  all I can do is just keep the houseplants happy.  The irony is that I was using a perfectly good 15 year old wheelchair but the NHS said it wasn’t fit for purpose and scrapped it  – haha it was the brand new chair that broke!