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- By Blondeyvonne · New reply 6:59 pm
- Discussion in Health matters · 6 replies
- My son Bradley is soon to be paralyzed one year on Dec. 8th, 2008. Not to count the two months he was in the hospital. Paralyzed T7 down from a car wreck he stays depressed and is not motivated at all ...
- By Reyality · New reply 3:29 pm
- Journal · 4 replies
- I can’t explain how I felt waking up in the hospital Thinking this can’t be possible I was just driving home, and I must have dozed Because now I’m laying here with tubes in my mouth and nose And it just ...
- By tammysci · New reply 12:57 pm
- Journal · 9 replies
- This past week I was reminded that I have a lot to be thankful for, and especially since it is almost Thanksgiving. Out of nowhere I received a letter in the mail announcing that a health professional ...
- By tammysci · New reply 12:17 pm
- Journal · 10 replies
- In the last couple of months people have asked me what I miss about my life before my injury. The answer is everything! How could I not miss things, it changed everything about how I thought my future ...
- By Matt32 · New reply 11:12 am
- Discussion in Health matters · 4 replies
- It seems every time I go to the wound specialist I have been going to for the past couple months, he changes something every time. Before I was referred to him, I had been on the wound vac for Lord knows ...
- By Walter · New reply 10:27 am
- Journal · 35 replies
- Hi everyone. We added a new feature today that you can use to support your groups and the organizations that sponsor them, and get the word out about the causes that are important to you. If you visit ...
- By hangglide · New reply 9:09 am
- Journal · 2 replies
- November 29, 2008 I went skiing for the first time since my accident! Will, sort of... My wife and boy dropped me off at the top of the bunny hill at Alta just before closing time. With a little help ...
- By mikey · Posted 8:11 am
- Discussion in Living your life · 0 replies
- Hope is an interesting concept. It has been said that it springs eternal. What exactly is it? People use the term a lot without thinking about it. In my mind it is not that complicated initially, in that ...
- By mikey · New reply yesterday at 1:17 pm
- Discussion in Living your life · 2 replies
- For a long time, I have never been one who put a high priority on eating from a gratification stand point. Food in my mind was only meant to fuel the body. That being said, I have always had a relatively ...
- By RoseRoyce · New reply yesterday at 12:04 pm
- Journal · 1 reply
- When I woke up Thanksgiving morning I felt fine. I went to do some laundry for my mother and it was while I was looking in the mirror, I noticed that the left side of my mouth was barely moving. I immediately ...
- By goldy24k · Posted yesterday at 11:04 am
- Discussion in New paralysis/rehabilitation · 0 replies
- I have a Traumatic Brain injury. I was wondering if anyone else in here has one? I got mine when I was struck by a car while walking home from school. It was in 1986. The lady was speeding. I would like ...
- By goldy24k · Posted yesterday at 10:49 am
- Journal · 0 replies
- I am very optamistic. Sometimes that monster sneaks up on me and puts negitive thoughs in my mind. When this happens, I counter the thought with the positive. It really helps. Just like Bob Marley I have ...
- By SaraKudela · New reply yesterday at 7:50 am
- Discussion in Living your life · 9 replies
- Does anyone know of any resources that I can use to help my dad C4 Quad get back into the work force. Currently he is living in a Nursing Home in Cincinnati Ohio and just about the only thing he does ...
- By jennypooh · New reply yesterday at 7:38 am
- Discussion in Living your life · 3 replies
- Hi Everyone! I am wondering if there are any type of support groups out there for people who are with someone who is paralized. I really want to talk to some people who have been in my shoes, and to see ...
- By Nina372 · New reply November 29, 2008
- Journal · 1 reply
- This video is for my dad one of the most encouraging people I know. We have both endured most of the same symptoms and he has always been there for me to let me know everything will be okay no matter ...
- By 1newlife2 · New reply November 29, 2008
- Discussion in Assistive technology and equipment · 1 reply
- The profile is my brother's however I am writing on his behalf since he is still in the hospital. My brother was in a motorcycle accident on August 17th. Right arm is affected by C1 and C2, fused now ...
- By Brian · New reply November 28, 2008
- Journal · 134 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 ...
- By goldy24k · Posted November 28, 2008
- Discussion in Health matters · 0 replies
- Exercise That's one word some of us don't like to hear. I can't just sit there like a lump for too long. Or else I hurt, I strech and walk with help. I also have a stander and a wheelchair workout. I ...
- By Nasrin · New reply November 26, 2008
- Discussion in Living your life · 2 replies
- I am a C-5 quad. I would like to get a job but I don't know what to do about I.C. every 2 or 3 hours. Any suggestions ...
- By goldy24k · New reply November 25, 2008
- Discussion in New paralysis/rehabilitation · 2 replies
- What do y'all do for exercise? I try to exercise daily unless I feel to ill. I walk with crutches and stand at my standing frame and talk to my birds. I march in place and do kicks. I also have a whole ...
