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- By Ei · Posted January 7, 2009
- In Living your life · 0 replies
- I've had Bell's Palsy for over 11 years now. I'm one of the 10% that never fully recovered - although I'm back about 40% of my old self. If anyone would like someone to discuss this with, I'm your person ...
- By ladybyrd043 · Posted January 5, 2009
- In Living your life · 1 reply
- My son, who is a c-4 complete, with limited movement in his arms (mainly due to contracted muscles because of extended hospital stay) has expressed an interest in music again. As a child he would play ...
- By papito1 · Posted January 4, 2009
- In Help desk · 0 replies
- my doctor got back my lab report from my urine check for narcotics but it came back clean. one of my medication didnt show up which was methodone in which i take everyday ever since my accident. to him ...
- By AmandaBurkholder · Posted January 3, 2009
- In Health matters · 5 replies
- hello everyone ..for the past 2 years ive had a bad bed score and now they are packin it with mesalt and it seems to be gettin better but is drainin ALOT more than normally did ..does this mean infection ...
- By carole338 · Posted January 3, 2009
- In Living your life · 2 replies
- I finally got back some of my previous life. My daughter and grandchildren took me to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. I called when I got there and they took the barrier down that said FULL in ...
- By goldy24k · Posted January 3, 2009
- In Living your life · 2 replies
- I make the best out of what life has to offer. It's all about attitude. Why are we in this situation? Are we here to learn a lesson? Or are we here to teach. My mom helped me realize that I am a teacher ...
- By ols23 · Posted January 1, 2009
- In Living your life · 14 replies
- I had my accident of falling from about 11 feet and suffered spinal injury, incomplete at T7, 8 years ago. I am currently using crutches, goes to work, go out with friends, etc. But until now, I am still ...
- By MsMonie · Posted December 31, 2008
- In New paralysis/rehabilitation · 1 reply
- I am trying desperately to get my sister into this facility. She is being denied because she only has NC Medicaid. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I need to do or who i need to speak with? Please ...
- By goldy24k · Posted December 30, 2008
- In Living your life · 2 replies
- I have made many friends in the disabled community. Most of them I meet at special rec. camp and school. There are some people I knew before the accident that I still keep in touch with. My question is ...
- By Matt32 · Posted December 25, 2008
- In Health matters · 4 replies
- Recently, I have had an oily discharge from my bowels, sometimes with a stool and other times it just comes out w/ no stool. I know I need to see a doctor on this, so please no one advise me on that ...
- By mikey · Posted December 23, 2008
- In Living your life · 4 replies
- When I was in the nursing home a physical therapist would continually tell me that this was a test. Inherent in that statement was the understanding that there was an obligation on my part to respond ...
- By mariana · Posted December 22, 2008
- In Living your life · 3 replies
- Hi friends! I want to send you all my best and warmest wishes for this time of the year. Its a moment to smile, share and be positive, although we all tend to get a lil nostalgic and sad... its ok with ...
- By 1newlife2 · Posted December 17, 2008
- In Health matters · 8 replies
- Is there a law that states if the wound is created in the hospital it has to be taken care of by the hospital? This is a new injury, August 17 2008, and the tailbone wound occured in the hospital becasue ...
- By goldy24k · Posted December 16, 2008
- In Living your life · 4 replies
- Whenever Christmas comes around and it snows, I am thankful for family and friends. I remember all of the things I used to do pre TBI. I would run and play in the snow all day. Dad showed us how to build ...
- By mikey · Posted December 15, 2008
- In Living your life · 4 replies
- From the earliest days that our cognitive abilities allow us, we are constantly attempting to discern where and how we fit in this big arena of life. The guiding forces of this endeavor are common in ...
- By icotresearch · Posted December 13, 2008
- In Living your life · 4 replies
- Hello, My name is Julia Sterman. I am a graduate student in Occupational Therapy at Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY. I am currently working on my thesis project, which will investigate traumatic injury and ...
- By dansun · Posted December 12, 2008
- In Assistive technology and equipment · 2 replies
- I have become a Quickie Rhythm guy, I now have 3 of them. Does anyone else out there use the Rhythm? Or have any comments and suggestions. I got 1 from a dealer and the other 2 craigslist and ebay. I ...
- By 1newlife2 · Posted December 11, 2008
- In Assistive technology and equipment · 2 replies
- We are trying to compare advantages and disadvantages of the two brands for the purpose of standing feature. We are concerned about the servicibility I would love to hear from anyone who has used either ...
- By jennypooh · Posted December 11, 2008
- In New paralysis/rehabilitation · 11 replies
- Hi there. As you probably know, my boyfriend is recently at C6/7 incomplete. The rehab that he is at, is free because we live in Canada, but they want to send him home early. His work has offered to raise ...
- By aurora58 · Posted December 9, 2008
- In Living your life · 2 replies
- Does anyone have a way to contact FuschiaFan? A few months ago she mentioned an organization that deals with disabled RNs and I cannot remember it. If anyone knows a way to contact her or remembers the ...
