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Journals
Jell-O
- By Twisted · Posted February 15, 2009
- 2 replies
- It was unsettling how good intentioned attention rattled me at first. Everyone on staff was too nice, too calm, too catering in their care-giving. Providing the buffer for post-traumatic stress, I suppose ...
need a complete answer
- By whchaminda · Posted February 11, 2009
- 6 replies
- i'm 34 male &became quadraplegia before 9 years.level c5 - c6 i want know about fertility i'm having irrection without any doubt as earlier but never saw any witness of rejaculation.........do we have ...
re:replies to pain below injury.
- By keeper66 · Posted February 10, 2009
- 0 replies
- I just want to say,Thank you so much for all of your replies.They have boosted my moral more than ever!!!! I have allways kept a window of hope open,and with your words of incouragement and my cna's,that ...
I'm happy with what I got
- By goldy24k · Posted February 7, 2009
- 3 replies
- I'm happy with what I got. I may not be able to do a lot or be where I'd like to but, it will happen. I may not have a date for Valentines night but it's all right. I am happy to do what I can. It's all ...
GETTING FEELING BACK,BELOW INJURY SITE?
- By keeper66 · Posted February 5, 2009
- 5 replies
- I have been a T-9 through T-12,complete,since 2003. I started to regain some feeling back,mainly tingling in my legs.Last year and now, I have more feeling in my back pelvic area and both legs.Since my ...
Rehab-101
- By Twisted · Posted February 4, 2009
- 4 replies
- It is difficult to determine when the two realities I kept awakening to, the two wills that compelled cessation or continuation, stopped struggling and agreed to a temporary détente. We were still alive ...
Becoming a quad
- By Twisted · Posted February 4, 2009
- 2 replies
- I was swimming underwater when an impact's echo reached towards my mind and then nothing - not even blackness. Someone had flipped my switch from on to off. Seconds stolen, maybe seven and my consciousness ...
260 million
- By Twisted · Posted February 4, 2009
- 0 replies
- Describe yourself without using labels for I find that they create, define & confine our world. If you know me - then know the moments we've shared are as real today as when they were happening and are ...
born to run again
- By goldy24k · Posted January 31, 2009
- 3 replies
- I was born able bodied. I grew up in the Kansas City area. I remember all the fun I had. I rode bikes and visited friends. I do get out to see my friends at bowling and boccee and of course camp in the ...
All we can do
- By goldy24k · Posted January 28, 2009
- 0 replies
- All I can do is try to improve. Each day I do more than I ever did befor. My advice on how to live life, do your best. God will take care of the rest. We all worry. There really is no need. Just pray ...
Great news
- By goldy24k · Posted January 12, 2009
- 0 replies
- A friend of mine asked my siter and I to be two of her brides maids! I am so excited! I have been asked befor but it fell through. This will be a first for me! I guess you got to be a brides maid befor ...
Luck
- By goldy24k · Posted January 8, 2009
- 0 replies
- We are lucky to be alive. I am lucky to survived a TBI. LUCKY TO BE SURRONDED BY PEOPLE i LOVE! Life throws stuff at me. I'm lucky that we know how to cope. I am lucky not to be at the end of my rope ...
New Years kiss
- By goldy24k · Posted December 28, 2008
- 0 replies
- I never have been kissed by a guy on New Years Eve at the stoke of Midnight. This year I'll make it my resolution to find a boyfriend and when 2010 comes around, I'll get that kiss. I'm not going on a ...
In time
- By goldy24k · Posted December 28, 2008
- 0 replies
- I am not super religious but very spiritial. I believe in God, Jesus, and the angels. I think positive. My hopes and dreams will all happen in time. I keep praying for all my ducks to get in line. If ...
putting the turkey in the oven
- By cooperm1 · Posted December 24, 2008
- 0 replies
- Does anyone have a problem putting the turkey in the oven and taking it out again. I can do just about anyting but this. A few years ago I tried to do it myself (turkey weighed 10 pounds), and it ended ...
counting my blessings
- By goldy24k · Posted December 21, 2008
- 4 replies
- I feel blessed. It's not only for my family and friends. It also is all the opportunities I have in life. I stay active. I am involved in special rec. I can paint. I can write. I can read. I get to go ...
holidays
- By greensmile · Posted December 21, 2008
- 0 replies
- happy hanukah and merry christmas to everybody.may the holiday season bring light and cheer to all,and the new year bring good tidings and lots of smiles to all ...
HAPPY XMAS AND A BETTER NEW YEAR !!!
- By paragolfer · Posted December 20, 2008
- 0 replies
- Things are sometimes not looking very Rosy, BUT, after all that we have been through, IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER !!! I know that this sounds a litte "Kitch" but if we are true to ourselves, DONT WE OWE THIS ...
Gone.
- By CDeweese · Posted December 10, 2008
- 10 replies
- Earlier this year, I wrote on here a few time asking for advice and sharing my experience with everyone. My friend, B, had been in a car accident and was paralyzed from the neck down and ventilator dependent ...
romance from a wheelchair
- By goldy24k · Posted December 9, 2008
- 5 replies
- It is hard to have and maintain a romance when you are disabled. I have had boyfriends but nothing really developed. Curently, I am talking to a friend who I think is HOT. I told him of my crush. He said ...
