Larry,
I'm thinking about getting a wheelchair with 6 wheels. Figure
it will have more stability on ramps, and in general.
Kevin
Larry Throne wrote:
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]>/
To: /Transverse Myellitis <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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