Re: [QUAD-L] Rehab/housework
ter 13 years he said that he did not love me "in that way" anymore. He broke down crying and crying one evening when he told me this but he promised that he would help take care of me and I was his first priority but that changed after he wanted to start looking for another relationship. To make this long story even shorter I am so glad that I found the most wonderful husband in the world and life just does not seem to be fair by him passing away so early in life (63) and therefore I lost everyone who really had a vested interest and loved me. I was just getting over my grief of losing my husband when living with my sister and brother-in-law when they asked me to "move on." I was devastated and now I am all alone except for my beautiful Golden Retriever. There are different types of love I have learned the hard way. My mother wrote in her diary that if she could have one wish granted to her she would give her [able-bodied] life so I could have my whole life ahead of me. She wrote this before she knew that her cancer was the type that was going to kill her. My grandparents were the second people who loved me more than their lives. Then my ex common-law husband and finally my husband. With all I have been through over the last year (completely unexpected) I feel like I have aged 100 years because of one negligent mistake by a nurse. My day is going quickly so that's my story in a nutshell even though there is so much more to it. ~Lori On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 12:05 AM, RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I love hearing your story Lori. What happened to your father? What did you > do after your mother died for care?How did you get involved with school in > those dark ages for disabled? > > Ron > > > On Saturday, January 28, 2017 9:35 PM, Lori Michaelson < > lorilivin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Same as Larry. None because I was flat on my back for the longest time > with a tracheotomy and a halo. I first could only get up any manual chair > (this was 1980) and did not get my first (Everest & Jennings) wheelchair > until much later. > > My mother was dying of cancer so she sent both of my sisters up to where I > was at at rehab at Sunnyview Hospital in upper New York State to learn my > care before I went home. > > I don't know if they sent me home early because of my mother deteriorating > rapidly or because it *was* time for me to do so. > > I came home in November of 1980. Before going to rehab I was first in ICU > for around 3 months or a little longer near by my home and then after > needing my neck fused (and still having a tracheotomy) I was moved to > another nearby hospital that had a very small rehab unit for me to receive > range of motion, etc. but all of this time I was flat on my back. I was > also there at the hospital a total of 3 or 4 months before I went to rehab. > > I was injured at age 15 and did not come home until I was 16 1/2. A total > of 13 months. I then lost my mother only 6 months to pancreatic cancer that > she fought for a long long time. It took her a long time to get diagnosed > as well. I remember her getting sick before my accident but she just > thought it was the flu or a bug or something because she had periods of > nausea (unexplained) and probably some other things but being only 14 and > wrapped up in my own teenage life I wasn't paying too much attention. Then > my accident happened and it still took her a long time to get diagnosed > after I was an inpatient and diagnosed as a quadriplegic. > > I lost my father when I was only 13 so that was a terrible terrible > terrible terrible terrible 3 years. 1978, 1979 and 1981. > > While I was in rehab my mother had an addition built onto my one sister's > home and purchased a brand-new full-size Dodge van for my transportation. > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > None. I couldn't even feed myself. > > Larry Willis > Retired and proud of it > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *Resent-From:* quad-list@eskimo.com > *From:* Bobbie Humphreys <bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com> > *Date:* January 28, 2017 at 5:09:05 PM EST > *To:* quad-list@eskimo.com > *Subject:* *[QUAD-L] Rehab/housework* > > When you al were in rehab, how much training did you get for doing > housework, like cooking laundry, vacuuming, making a bed or grocery > shopping ? > I had many classes, in OT, on how to do all of the above when I was at > Kessler Insitute. > Bobbie > > "Be the change you want to see in the world". Gandhi > > > > > -- > "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and > heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean > Koontz > > > -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
Re: [QUAD-L] Rehab/housework
I love hearing your story Lori. What happened to your father? What did you do after your mother died for care?How did you get involved with school in those dark ages for disabled? Ron On Saturday, January 28, 2017 9:35 PM, Lori Michaelson <lorilivin...@gmail.com> wrote: Same as Larry. None because I was flat on my back for the longest time with a tracheotomy and a halo. I first could only get up any manual chair (this was 1980) and did not get my first (Everest & Jennings) wheelchair until much later. My mother was dying of cancer so she sent both of my sisters up to where I was at at rehab at Sunnyview Hospital in upper New York State to learn my care before I went home. I don't know if they sent me home early because of my mother deteriorating rapidly or because it was time for me to do so. I came home in November of 1980. Before going to rehab I was first in ICU for around 3 months or a little longer near by my home and then after needing my neck fused (and still having a tracheotomy) I was moved to another nearby hospital that had a very small rehab unit for me to receive range of motion, etc. but all of this time I was flat on my back. I was also there at the hospital a total of 3 or 4 months before I went to rehab. I was injured at age 15 and did not come home until I was 16 1/2. A total of 13 months. I then lost my mother only 6 months to pancreatic cancer that she fought for a long long time. It took her a long time to get diagnosed as well. I remember her getting sick before my accident but she just thought it was the flu or a bug or something because she had periods of nausea (unexplained) and probably some other things but being only 14 and wrapped up in my own teenage life I wasn't paying too much attention. Then my accident happened and it still took her a long time to get diagnosed after I was an inpatient and diagnosed as a quadriplegic. I lost my father when I was only 13 so that was a terrible terrible terrible terrible terrible 3 years. 1978, 1979 and 1981. While I was in rehab my mother had an addition built onto my one sister's home and purchased a brand-new full-size Dodge van for my transportation. On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> wrote: None. I couldn't even feed myself. Larry WillisRetired and proud of it Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com From: Bobbie Humphreys <bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com> Date: January 28, 2017 at 5:09:05 PM EST To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Rehab/housework When you al were in rehab, how much training did you get for doing housework, like cooking laundry, vacuuming, making a bed or grocery shopping ? I had many classes, in OT, on how to do all of the above when I was at Kessler Insitute. Bobbie "Be the change you want to see in the world". Gandhi -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
Re: [QUAD-L] Rehab/housework
Same as Larry. None because I was flat on my back for the longest time with a tracheotomy and a halo. I first could only get up any manual chair (this was 1980) and did not get my first (Everest & Jennings) wheelchair until much later. My mother was dying of cancer so she sent both of my sisters up to where I was at at rehab at Sunnyview Hospital in upper New York State to learn my care before I went home. I don't know if they sent me home early because of my mother deteriorating rapidly or because it *was* time for me to do so. I came home in November of 1980. Before going to rehab I was first in ICU for around 3 months or a little longer near by my home and then after needing my neck fused (and still having a tracheotomy) I was moved to another nearby hospital that had a very small rehab unit for me to receive range of motion, etc. but all of this time I was flat on my back. I was also there at the hospital a total of 3 or 4 months before I went to rehab. I was injured at age 15 and did not come home until I was 16 1/2. A total of 13 months. I then lost my mother only 6 months to pancreatic cancer that she fought for a long long time. It took her a long time to get diagnosed as well. I remember her getting sick before my accident but she just thought it was the flu or a bug or something because she had periods of nausea (unexplained) and probably some other things but being only 14 and wrapped up in my own teenage life I wasn't paying too much attention. Then my accident happened and it still took her a long time to get diagnosed after I was an inpatient and diagnosed as a quadriplegic. I lost my father when I was only 13 so that was a terrible terrible terrible terrible terrible 3 years. 1978, 1979 and 1981. While I was in rehab my mother had an addition built onto my one sister's home and purchased a brand-new full-size Dodge van for my transportation. On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> wrote: > None. I couldn't even feed myself. > > Larry Willis > Retired and proud of it > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *Resent-From:* quad-list@eskimo.com > *From:* Bobbie Humphreys <bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com> > *Date:* January 28, 2017 at 5:09:05 PM EST > *To:* quad-list@eskimo.com > *Subject:* *[QUAD-L] Rehab/housework* > > When you al were in rehab, how much training did you get for doing > housework, like cooking laundry, vacuuming, making a bed or grocery > shopping ? > I had many classes, in OT, on how to do all of the above when I was at > Kessler Insitute. > Bobbie > > "Be the change you want to see in the world". Gandhi > > -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
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None. I couldn't even feed myself. Larry Willis Retired and proud of it Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com > From: Bobbie Humphreys <bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com> > Date: January 28, 2017 at 5:09:05 PM EST > To: quad-list@eskimo.com > Subject: [QUAD-L] Rehab/housework > > When you al were in rehab, how much training did you get for doing housework, > like cooking laundry, vacuuming, making a bed or grocery shopping ? > I had many classes, in OT, on how to do all of the above when I was at > Kessler Insitute. > Bobbie > > "Be the change you want to see in the world". Gandhi
[QUAD-L] Rehab/housework
When you al were in rehab, how much training did you get for doing housework, like cooking laundry, vacuuming, making a bed or grocery shopping ? I had many classes, in OT, on how to do all of the above when I was at Kessler Insitute. Bobbie "Be the change you want to see in the world". Gandhi
