I forgot to mention that I am a C2-3 with no movement below the neck. Quadius
On 6/10/07, Quadius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have been living by myself for three or four years now. Similar to Mike, I rely on an ECU and have quite a few things I can do while I am in bed. I sleep on an air mattress now, but I used to have a lateral rotational mattress. Since I have always slept on a specialty mattress, this wasn't a problem when I decided to go it alone. My biggest concern was how to get medication when no one was here. Well, having access to an ECU and a hospital bed which will move up and down with that ECU, I only had to figure out how to get something to hold the medication so I could get it when I wanted. Well, I had an old microphone stand with a boom on it (like a piano boom), which I purchased from RadioShack, so, using paper tape I managed to get one of those plastic film covers affixed to the edge of the boom so that I could get that with my tongue and let the medicine fall into my mouth. In my particular case, however, I have a really good support system with very trusted caregivers. I couldn't do it otherwise. I also have pretty good neighbors around here, albeit they're not as good as my previous neighborhood. Quadius
