There is a long ramp going out of an emergency exit in my building. It
is the only wheelchair access to the building. The ramp goes to
the sidewalk. If using a power wheelchair down the ramp, will it tend
to speed
up like a non-power wheelchair? Or can you control the speed of ascent?
I wouldn't want to shoot out to the street, it's US-1, otherwise known
as the
Boston Post Road, a major and very busy street.
Kevin
Heather & Pieter wrote:
I'm no longer in a wheelchair but do remember that was the way my
husband was taught to do it with me in the chair. Go backwards down a
stair.
Heather in Calgary
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Larry Throne <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ;
tmic-list@eskimo.com <mailto:tmic-list@eskimo.com>
*Sent:* Saturday, August 04, 2007 8:00 AM
*Subject:* Re: [TMIC] Wheelchairs
If I am having someone help me down a ramp, I prefer them to tip
me backwards and wheel me down only on my back wheels. It that is
not possible I go backwards with help. Unless I know this is an
ADA ramp then I can do it my self.
Larry in Oklahoma
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From: /natalie mizenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>/
To: /Transverse Myellitis <tmic-list@eskimo.com
<mailto:tmic-list@eskimo.com>>/
Subject: /Re: [TMIC] Wheelchairs/
Date: /Fri, 3 Aug 2007 16:43:52 -0700 (PDT)/
Pam,
When u get paralyzed, how do you get back to walking?? I cud
not walk at all if I tried. I am totally paralyzed from T12
down. Last weekend it was sorta funny in a way. I had been
feeling better, had a break in my hard pain the day before.
On Sat. nite my husband said "Let's watch a movie
downstairs"? Well, it is only a full step and downstairs is
carpeted. It is like a sunroom in a way but we always have
used it like a den. It does have some wall between the
windows. Anyway, he uses these 2 ramp things that he use to
drive the automatic mower upon to work on it and get into the
storage bldg. Anyways, we've done it before w/ my loner w/c,
but not w/ this new one. He was taking me down very slowly
and when we got to the bottom I flipped out and landed face
down. But one leg had come in the front and one in the back.
So, my head actually hit my leg mostly. Anyways, my husband
picked me up (200 lbs. or a little, little less I am) and put
me in the recliner. We still don't know what happened. I
think my foot pedals are very low on this one so they don't
wack the walls and they hit fast and out I went. It is funny
to think about it now. I was a little shaken up at the time.
Sorry for the novel, Natalie M.
*/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/* wrote:
MY HUSBAND IS ANGRY AND BITTER ALSO AT TIMES. WE WHERE
18 WHEN WE GOT MARRIED, HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS. I WAS
THE ONE WHO ALWAYS GOT CALLED BY EVERYONE WHEN SOMEONE
WAS ILL I STILL AM. WE WILL BE MARRIED 38 YEARS JAN.31 ST.
I AM BETTER OFF THAN YOU AND HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND
WHY ME. WHAT UPSETS ME AS I AM SURE WE NEED THEM MORE
FOR THINGS WE CAN NO LONGER DO.
HE IS BETTER ABOUT IT NOW BUT HE DOES HAVE HIS MOMENTS.
I AM LIKE YOU I DO THINGS AND THINK POSITIVE. I KNOW I
CAN DO SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU AND I ADMIRE YOUR COURAGE
AND STRENGTH .I FEEL THERE IS A REASON FOR EVERYTHING.
I AM GOING TO BE 56 NEXT MONTH. I HAVE HAD MANY
EPISODES OF TM THRU THE LAST 15 YEARS. I GET PARALYZED
AT ANYTIME. BUT I ALSO HAD MANY MANY GREAT YEARS.
I PRAY AND HOPE YOU NEVER HAVE ANOTHER EPISODE.
OUR HUSBANDS ALSO HAVE TO VENT.
I KNOW THEY DO A SURGERY SIMILAR BUT ON YOUR COLON A
COLONOSCOPY. HER WHOLE IS TINY AND SHE JUST WEARS A
BIGGER BANDAID ON IT. SHE TRAINED HER BODY TO DO THAT.
I ALSO KNOW A GIRL WHO HAS NO BLADDER. SHE URINATES
WHEN SNE HAS A BOWEL MOVEMENT. THERE IS SO MUCH
TECHNOLOGY NOW I THINK WE WILL BE OK.
KEEP UP THAT GREAT ATTITUDE, I KNOW YOU WILL DO FINE
WITH YOUR SURGERY.
GOD BLESS YOU TIAD PAM
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