Title: Sci appearances
Jim
Right on! We may or may not have lost that "Loving feeling" from the
opposite sex but there is always that chance. Also, what PA upon meeting
you would want to work for you if you were filthy and unpresentable.
For God sakes, It is just daily hygien and manners wether one is injured or
not.
I also hate it how some/ most power chair quads treat their chair like a
car bumper or billboard with stickers all over the chair, marking and mostly
dirt, dust and filth.
Dillon
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:33
PM
Subject: [QUAD-L] Re: Sci
appearances
I agree with you there definatly. There have been times that when I
have to go somewhere after looking like a bum all day. I get
changed, brush my hair, and if I look terrible that day, throw on a little
makeup. I don't want to be seen in that way at all and you never know
who you are going to run into where I live so I really want to look good in
case I run into someone I know, I don't want them to go and tell everyone how
horrible I looked and have everyone feel bad for me.
Stacy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 5:14
PM
Subject: Sci appearances
Jim you
are correct about taking care yourself to look attractive. I see a lot of my
neighbors there are wheelchairs looking like they just don�t care about
their appearance any more. And I fill that them looking and dressing as they
do it has an effect of the way others look towards me and everyone else in
wheelchairs. Just because I�m disabled doesn�t mean that I have to look as
if I and homeless and a bum. Just as several of my neighbors will go up to
the grocery store with their overnight bed bag hanging on the outset of
their chairs. Which looks a mess it reflects upon the others in our
community that are in chairs. I don�t want to see it and I know that the
average AB truly doesn�t want to see it. I understand if there�s no other
way but if you could put it in a bag so that everyone didn�t have 2 C your
piss well why not. They go around as if it�s a new fashion
statement.
On 1/11/05 3:12 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dave,
I
know that I'm paralyzed and I accept the fact that I am. I know what
I can do and I know what I cannot do from experience. When I first
got injured I figured I could still do just about everything I did before
but I learned quickly how vulnerable I was and what being paralyzed was
all about. It seemed like just about every time I blew off my
commonsense and my spider sense I ended up in trouble. Now, I
respect that I am paralyzed and can only do so much so I better pay
attention to my senses otherwise am going to be in trouble especially in
the wintertime.
I know that I am not looked at as a sexual
object because of the way I look in a wheelchair. Even though I lost
a lot of weight since my injury I still have a large quad gut, which makes
me look somewhat obese and unattractive. Even if you are in a
wheelchair you still have to take care of yourself to make yourself look
attractive to the opposite sex.
Jim
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