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Family, parents and caregivers
Caregiving is a job no one really applies for -- it just shows up and you deal with it. Connect here with others who care for a loved one; share your strategies and hear how others handle the physical and psychological stresses of caregiving. You can't really do it alone. Paralysis is most often a family issue; this is also the place to join a discussion about parenting children with paralysis.
Are there any othe siblings of SCI out there?
- By Cat · New reply October 26, 2007
- 10 replies
- My brother is an SCI (level 4-5). Right now I'm living with my parents and him. I was just wondering if there were any other siblings in the community. Thanks ...
Irrational thinking/verbally abusive
- By montanasky · New reply August 6, 2007
- 6 replies
- It is going on seven years for my husbands injury - Complete C5 from a car injury. He has become very irrational in his thinking and has been verbally abusive. Is this common for the spouse to take the ...
sci and rehab/recovery
- By edd · Posted July 22, 2007
- 0 replies
- I have been a T-12 paraplegic for the past 30 years due to a car accident and it sounds like your son is in a good program (they got him up right away). I returned to school and got a Master's degree ...
drug resistant sepsis staph
- By Cat · New reply July 5, 2007
- 4 replies
- My brother has two infections right now. I know at least one is staph. The other is a drug resistant bacteria (don't know if it's staph) and their doing a resistance test to see what antibiotic will work ...
Parenting a SCI teen
- By Matts-mom · New reply June 27, 2007
- 4 replies
- Hello to all, I am new at this, but have found this forum to be an amazing help. My son, 14, was injured in Feb. He's an L1 para with sensation to the feet and some movement in the upper legs. He was ...
Hello to all
- By HiramN · New reply June 25, 2007
- 13 replies
- Hello to the Community. I have just joined this site yet I have a 29 year old Daughter that had a car accident a little over two years now. at the time she was nine month pregnant. my Daughter is now ...
coping response to SCI
- By Lisa9 · New reply June 18, 2007
- 1 reply
- I am a registered nurse who works in a trauma ICU. Unfortunately, we encounter a large number of individuals of all ages who have SCI with varying degrees of paralysis. As nurses, we can get them through ...
L1 paraplega
- By venetia · New reply June 16, 2007
- 2 replies
- My 20 year old son was in and accident May of 06' that left blew out his L1. He had no feeling for 3 months. He started to get feeling very slowly. At first, the right front thight, then the left. then ...
CareGiver Video
- By ResourceCenterStaff · New reply May 31, 2007
- 1 reply
- The Paralysis Resource Center just posted an excellent streaming video on Caregivers. I encourage you to view the video and post any comments you might have. Dana Reeve provided some of the footage with ...
New here...a little overwhelmed
- By magnolia_a · New reply May 26, 2007
- 9 replies
- Hi to everyone other there, I'm so glad to have found this site. I don't know if I'm in the right place or not, but I am desperate for any helpful words of advice or compassion. A week ago, my younger ...
Adult child caring for Mother
- By dress4less · New reply May 22, 2007
- 1 reply
- I am a 52 year old female who has been caring for my 75 year old mother for the past 6 years. She has a T8-T9 incomplete injury. I moved down to Florida and moved in with my Mom to become her sole Care ...
Welcome!
- By Jackie3 · New reply April 25, 2007
- 10 replies
- It has often been said that spinal cord injury is harder on the families than it is for the person who has suffered the injury. A huge part of loving is nurturing; we want to take care of our loved ones ...
ALS support
- By JanetB · New reply April 20, 2007
- 1 reply
- A close friend and neighbor has just been diagnosed with ALS. She is in her early 60's, as is her husband. How can I and my husband best support them both? We are together frequently along with other ...
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