I love it, "literally hugged the pee out of me." I don't have this problem as often as I used to, but I was extremely spastic about 10 years ago. People used often come up and like to grab my arm or my shoulder, mainly because my wrists are usually strapped down, to say hello. The only problem is if I don't have my chair in neutral, a spasm will make my head jerked to the left in the chair follows suit.
One time I had a really terrible spasm in the hospital and went bumping down the wall like a NASCAR race car that's tire blew out. The worst part was there was a line of patients patiently waiting for their travel pay along the same wall. I almost ran down about 10 people before someone finally listen to what I was saying and managed to shut off my head rest. The other time of comparable note, was when I was reclined back in a hospital room and talking to a patient when out of the blue someone came up from behind me and grabbed my shoulder to say hello. It sent me into a spasm, turning my chair in circles to the left. It was moving so fast due to my being reclined, the wait was on the back wheels, that the centrifugal force even exacerbated an already difficult situation. I knocked all of the tables down and only narrowly missed running my legs underneath one of the hospital beds. It was funny after the fact, but it was pretty frightening initially. Quadius On 3/30/08, Maria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A couple of times people have come over to hug me and pressed my leg bag > drainer buttons by accident.......... And yes, they basically hugged the > pee out of me. I have learned to not only make sure my wheelchair is turned > off but to also make sure I hug people on the opposite side of my leg bag > drainer buttons or to just leave my drainer off when I will know we will be > somewhere where hugging might occur. :-) > > One time visiting relatives, I was petting their dog and the dog jumped > right on my joystick. My wheelchair headed straight one of my relatives but > didn't quite make it all the way. That was a close call. Now I have to > look for animals that might jump on my lap. :-) > > Happy Sunday and have a good week everyone. :-) > Maria > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 9:01 AM, zeta mcbroom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I was once chased out of a store by an elderly man. Clearly upset! > > Yelling your supposed to leave those wheelchairs in the store I need it to > > go shopping. Then there is also those wonderful days that I manage to get > > in front of someone with an overloaded cart. Being in a manual chair they > > don't see me and BAM! Back pain for the next two days. What a bummer. > > > > ------------------------------ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:34:14 -0400 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [QUAD-L] Grocery store adventures > > > > > > *I went through the check out and the clerk decided to do me a favor and > > hang my grocery bag off my JOY STICK! Oh boy! But she didn't know what the > > knob was for.* > > * Anybody else have any grocery store stories?* > > * Bobbie* > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL > > Home<http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15&ncid=aolhom00030000000001> > > . > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Windows Live Hotmail is giving away Zunes. Enter for your chance to > > win.<http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/ZuneADay/?locale=en-US&ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Mobile_Zune_V1> > > > >
