I room & board with my caregiver but try not bothering her especially at night.
Water Solution: I keep a round Britta water filter picture at bedside. Inserted is the cut off tube from a new bedside urine bag. Pills: Tape pain meds or anything else to end of tube. Blanket: My service dog will pull them up or down. Fan & heater are on ECU. I have a C5 injury requiring morning and go to bed care. I want a more independent setting but this works temporarily as I told myself for 7 years. For years I thought marriage was my solution but at 55 years old, never married I do not think it is going to happen. I used to think a relationship with a migrant would be a win win situation. Care for green card. Same situation as marriage is I think it is not going to happen/ I have always heard 75% of marriages are usually divorced with an SCI. mb _____ From: Quadius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 2:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FW: [QUAD-L] How One Can live Alone I have been living by myself for three or four years now. Similar to Mike, I rely on an ECU and have quite a few things I can do while I am in bed. I sleep on an air mattress now, but I used to have a lateral rotational mattress. Since I have always slept on a specialty mattress, this wasn't a problem when I decided to go it alone. My biggest concern was how to get medication when no one was here. Well, having access to an ECU and a hospital bed which will move up and down with that ECU, I only had to figure out how to get something to hold the medication so I could get it when I wanted. Well, I had an old microphone stand with a boom on it (like a piano boom), which I purchased from RadioShack, so, using paper tape I managed to get one of those plastic film covers affixed to the edge of the boom so that I could get that with my tongue and let the medicine fall into my mouth. In my particular case, however, I have a really good support system with very trusted caregivers. I couldn't do it otherwise. I also have pretty good neighbors around here, albeit they're not as good as my previous neighborhood. Quadius
