Saturdays at the Centre

On Saturdays it is only Oxygen Treatment sessions which run at the Centre, there is no physiotherapy, or even anyone on reception (though us Oxygen people have been known to answer the phone! :)  ) There are two regular sessions at 9am and then 10:30am each week, which were put on a year or two ago for people who could not attend during the week for whatever reasons. Saturdays at the centre are very informal and relaxed, and we usually are usually all treated to doughnuts and coffee by a very generous member who comes in on that day.

Today we had a bit of a trial session with some children with autism, who had previously been in separate dives, coming together into the same dive. I have to say I was quite nervous about it - how would they react to each other, would it be a disaster? I am happy to report that it went fairly well, and depending on the next few sessions together, we should have successfully combined the two sessions... Meaning no-one will need to come in at the awkward time of 12:30pm on a Saturday lunch time to run a separate session now.

Often people bring in a CD to listen to whilst they are in the Chamber - there are headphones set up inside for people to use if they wish to do this. One man will bring his spoken word / audio books in each week on a Wednesday morning, whilst other people just prefer the radio (Heart FM is by far the most popular choice). The children who come often have a favourite CD, usually a mix of different pop songs. Today however they forgot their CDs, and we were forced to pick one from those lying around at the Centre. Luckily there was a Britney Spears CD amongst the Frank Sinatra, Jazz, Bee Gees and Nat King Cole selection.

I was made to feel old though when my young No. 2 assistant today (Hannah) told me that she used to listen to Britney's first album when she was aged just 6 or 7!! I still think of Britney Spears as a newer pop artist, but apparently she's been going for a while now... Pop music though - can't be doing with it, I prefer my classic rock and heavy metal... bit of a dinosaur, I must confess...

Till the next time, take care all -

Rod