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Ready To Choke a Teenager!

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · New reply 11:28 am
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • Crash and Burn, ... Yep I am there total utter burn out. It has affected my health and my sanity beyond imagination... Taking care of a teenager the past 17 months with a spinal cord injury has been a ...

Pressure Sores - Magnetic Pulsars?

misc1234us
  • By misc1234us · New reply 1:49 am
  • Discussion in New paralysis/rehabilitation · 12 replies
  • I've been doing some reading on magnetic pulsars - I'm not too savvy technically to make my own pulsar and would rather buy one myself - Is the one by Sota the best out there for healing bed sores and ...

"well you look good"

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · New reply yesterday at 10:51 pm
  • Journal · 46 replies
  • The video explains it all. lol I have created a facebook group for this very reason. Here is a link for it if you have facebook. Its for those of us with chronic illnesses that you cannot see so people ...

very low prealbumin levels

misc1234us
  • By misc1234us · Posted July 28, 2010
  • Discussion in New paralysis/rehabilitation · 0 replies
  • Hi, If the prealbumin levels get very low, what are the possible root-causes for this and how would you fix this? I'm interested in both the english medicine and the natural approaches.. For instance ...

It doesn't help!!!

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · New reply July 28, 2010
  • Journal · 35 replies
  • It doesn't help it when you live in a household of family members that just don't understand. Treat you like a burden. Get annoyed at the menchin of symptoms that are bothering you. It doesn't help when ...

International Travel

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · New reply July 24, 2010
  • Discussion in Living your life · 1 reply
  • Ok... I would like to hear from anyone who has traveled on vacation internationally after they were injured.. especially anyone who might have a baclofen pump. My son's Chorus is planning a trip to England ...

Dealing with nurses?

websurffer
  • By websurffer · New reply July 24, 2010
  • Discussion in Living your life · 2 replies
  • How do you deal with living your life, if you are paralyzed and have nurses ...

T8 complete paraolegic

nessa07
  • By nessa07 · New reply July 21, 2010
  • Discussion in New paralysis/rehabilitation · 3 replies
  • my boyfriend got in a motorcycle wreck and broke his t8. They told him he is a complete paraplegic. Is there any chance he will walk again?? Is there anyone who has had this happen ...

Trying to buy a van

elaineingeorgia
  • By elaineingeorgia · New reply July 21, 2010
  • Discussion in Funding your care (grants, fundraising, resources) · 2 replies
  • Hi, I want to raise funds to purchase a van for a quadriplegic living in another state. I have the resources (work for a marketing firm and am a graphic designer) to create a wonderful web site, do a ...

Coming To Terms

mikey
  • By mikey · Posted July 18, 2010
  • Discussion in Living your life · 0 replies
  • One aspect of life that all people encounter to varying degrees is something that can be very daunting. It can be defined as a real disconnect between dreams/aspirations and abject reality. Many people ...

Cytoxan/Rotuxan

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · New reply July 16, 2010
  • Journal · 14 replies
  • My doctors will be putting me on one of these medications soon but will not tell me the side effects until I have the appointment for them to decide. Why won't they tell me the side effects? Does anybody ...

OSTEOPEROSIS

Nasrin
  • By Nasrin · Posted July 14, 2010
  • Discussion in Health matters · 0 replies
  • I have been diagnosed with osteo. I'm taking 1000mg of calcium but my muscles ache. Does anybody have any suggestions if magnesium helps with the ache? The doctor wants to put me on zolidronix acid IV ...

Its been a LONG time but im back!

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · New reply July 13, 2010
  • Journal · 21 replies
  • Hello everybody its been such a long time since I have been on here. I have spent most of the year in the hospital, been emergency air lifted several times, faced death multiple times and still do, faced ...

Share The Joy

mikey
  • By mikey · New reply July 13, 2010
  • Discussion in Living your life · 9 replies
  • Yeah, that's right, I want to share the joy. I just got a new Roho cushion through the VA. Now, I can sit on a cushion that befits an ass like me. As I was sitting and farting on my new cushion and having ...

Everything Is Finite

mikey
  • By mikey · New reply July 13, 2010
  • Discussion in Living your life · 2 replies
  • The contest is over I am sad to say. I had an accident in the bed and wheelchair. Beep Beep was pretty smug and I guess I deserved it, because I was unrelenting in my admonishment of her after she broke ...

New Leg Braces

cworwa
  • By cworwa · New reply July 11, 2010
  • Journal · 40 replies
  • I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm getting plastered for new leg braces tomorrow ...

On the Road again!

AgainstalOddz1
  • By AgainstalOddz1 · New reply July 10, 2010
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Wow, its been a whole year since I last logged in my journal. A crazy year full of disappointments and in the last couples months......breakthrough finally. Been trying to advance my P/T activities with ...

It Is 3:30 In The Morning

mikey
  • By mikey · New reply July 9, 2010
  • Discussion in Living your life · 3 replies
  • This is a great song. I believe adversity in a person's life necessitates the need to try to make some sense of this arena called life. At least, that has been true for me. I find myself waxing philosophic ...

The feeling of Standing

AgainstalOddz1
  • By AgainstalOddz1 · New reply July 9, 2010
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • ......It's been almost 22 months in my wheelchair now. 22 months of sitting. I forgot what it was like to stand. Until last week when I got up in my braces and was working on getting into my folks' truck ...

Matt Up and Walking

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · New reply July 8, 2010
  • Discussion in Living your life · 5 replies
  • Last night I got Matt to go get his braces on so I could attempt to get a video. Note Mom is not savy with these new cell phones and forgot to turn the phone sideways to take the video.. But you can see ...

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