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His Injury is Mine Too

ladybyrd043
  • By ladybyrd043 · New reply 6:59 am
  • Journal · 17 replies
  • I must be the wickedest person that ever lived. In the last 17 months I have been stressed to the limit. I feel many times throughout the day and night that God has abandoned me. I have not lived my life ...

Are there any quads that can transfer themselves

ladybyrd043
  • By ladybyrd043 · New reply yesterday at 6:41 pm
  • Discussion in Living your life · 11 replies
  • Okay, my 21 year old recently paralyzed son says there are no quads out there that can transfer themselves. I think at the very least there are ones that can at least assist in the transfer. Help us out ...

Intermittent cathing - intermittent intake

garrett86
  • By garrett86 · Posted yesterday at 6:10 pm
  • Discussion in New paralysis/rehabilitation · 0 replies
  • My son leaks when drinking water more than any other liquid. How much liquid is recommended inbetween cathing ...

Handicap Parking Abusers; Part 1- Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

tammysci
  • By tammysci · New reply yesterday at 1:48 pm
  • Journal · 25 replies
  • I have read many different blogs from people with various disabilities about their frustrations with people who abuse handicap parking. I have wanted to start a handicap parking enforcement program for ...

Standing Frame (Easy Stand 5000)

BODDIE32
  • By BODDIE32 · New reply yesterday at 1:40 pm
  • Discussion in Assistive technology and equipment · 3 replies
  • Hello Everyone, I am selling a Easystand 5000 for $1,500 which is negotiable. Its just sitting in my garage and is in good condition. If it could be of help to someone that's a new injury or old. I will ...

Handicap Parking Abusers: Part 2, Top 10 Excuses

tammysci
  • By tammysci · Posted yesterday at 1:32 pm
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • If you have a handicap placard/license plate, you probably have heard some of the excuses I have listed below. We have all probably witnessed at one time or another people parking illegally in a handicap ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply yesterday at 12:48 pm
  • Journal · 117 replies
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

Intermittent Pneumatic Compression

Marie6120
  • By Marie6120 · Posted yesterday at 12:11 pm
  • Discussion in Health matters · 0 replies
  • Has anyone used this product? Does it help? Us: C5/C6 incomplete quad, 2 yrs. out from injury. Legs and arms get very frozen and tingly and painful especially after bowel program. We are using massage ...

Do you ever feel like the only female in a wheelchair?

tammysci
  • By tammysci · New reply yesterday at 11:07 am
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • When I was first injured, it took 6 months for me to connect with another female in a wheelchair to ask her women related issues about spinal cord injury. This happens to a lot to newly injured women ...

On to rehab

BizzyB
  • By BizzyB · New reply October 12, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • The following day I was told that there was nothing else this hospital could do except continue with the steroid treatment and that a rehab facility would be the next step. I had no idea where to go since ...

Happyness

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · New reply October 12, 2008
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • I am generly happy. I tell jokes and stay active. I have lots of friends online and off. I still would like to find that special someone who I can spend the rest of my life with. I know The Man upstairs ...

The Others!

irishlady
  • By irishlady · Posted October 12, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hi All, I wanted to chat with anyone whom is paralyzed and in their 20's. I am 24/f and I would love to talk to someone who knows and understands what I go through on a daily basis. These walkies just ...

pilots

greensmile
  • By greensmile · Posted October 12, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • i had a funny experience just a few days ago.when i'm out and about people who know me are aware of chair,vent,and voice amp system.those who aren't familiar ask the craziest questions.the one that beat ...

I am Human & I have needs too

ladybyrd043
  • By ladybyrd043 · Posted October 12, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Why do so many only see "me thinking of myself?" when my son is in such a terrible situation? Yes, he is. I'll grant that wholeheartedly. Since the day, June 27, 2007, he was injured and I knelt next ...

Vacations

Pinkvegas76
  • By Pinkvegas76 · New reply October 11, 2008
  • Discussion in Living your life · 7 replies
  • So does anyone know of a place, something like a resort, for the disabled? It would be great to take a vacation where people were more like me...lol. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks ...

Tails and Toes- How many do I have to run over in my wheelchair?

tammysci
  • By tammysci · New reply October 11, 2008
  • Journal · 11 replies
  • For years I have always tried so hard to be very careful about not running over people’s feet in my wheelchair, especially their toes. Heck, if it happens, I will always feel bad. I feel like I need to ...

People are always staring at me- Is it my disability or my good looks?

tammysci
  • By tammysci · New reply October 9, 2008
  • Journal · 26 replies
  • Have you ever noticed that when you are in a wheelchair, people just stop and stare? I always notice people staring at me when I am taking apart my wheelchair and putting it in my car. I also notice it ...

An update about this community

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply October 9, 2008
  • Discussion in Help desk · 1 reply
  • This community was created by Inspire in partnership with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. The Reeve Foundation has now introduced a new community, found at http://communities.kintera.org/Reeve ...

Life

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · New reply October 8, 2008
  • Discussion in Living your life · 9 replies
  • How do you all deal with life? Have you accepted your imparments and try to improve upon them? Or do you just complain? "My life will never be the same. I know I can't go back. I just reflect on the past ...

Please Stand for the National Anthem- BUT I CAN"T!

tammysci
  • By tammysci · New reply October 7, 2008
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • How many times in your life have you gone to a local football game at a high school, attended a professional baseball team game in your local town or in my case growing up, attending Monster Truck shows ...

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