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Welcome Barbara,
I'm Mark 40 yrs old and a C5/6 going on 7 yrs post now and the first 2-3 years are the hardest.
I was in a nursing home for 2 1/2 years and that's no place for a youngster like you so stay clear of that.
Find something you like to do asap and you'll find a way to do it, it's small steps at first but there's a lot of help out there. You are very young and I can imagine you were still trying to find yourself prior to your accident. The one thing you have is education readily available to you at no cost and that's a great place to start and I know it's not easy putting yourself out there but the sooner you do the easier it gets.
I'm a single parent working in construction and life is great for me and although I haven't found my better half yet I'm still looking.
Good luck on you journey and "it's not how you fall down that matters it's all about how you get up!"
Lots of good advice so ask anything and I bet you get a great answer.
Mark
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Date: 06/06/06 18:30:39
Subject: [QUAD-L] I'm kinda new here
Hi, I don't know if this is right but I need to ask a question about living, or should I say existing, as a quad? I'm a bit intimidated about how long some of you have been quads. I was in a car accident July 4 2005 and I'm c 5 & 19 yrs old. I don't think I want to live 10, 20, 30 or 40 years like this? How do you guys do it? I'm so overwhelmed and scared. What am I sopo to do with my life like this? Are any of you guys married or have children?
Barbara
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