Congratulations Billy, I hope you have a wonderful day. You are doing good with your weight.
Luckily I don't have much of a belly but I know I don't have much of a waist anymore. I keep my belly fairly flat controlled with my diet. I used to be 5' 6" 115-120 and now I am 130. My weight has fluctuated from time to time even though I try to on a low-fat diet. Atrophy seems to make arms, legs and stomach appear larger with no muscle tone. I have to go to a hospital that I don't usually go to the rehab department to get weighed and they rarely have someone to help. The last time they gave us a extrawide wheelchair for someone 300 pounds to transfer into. You can imagine how difficult that would be with a sliding board. It is hard to accurate with your weight when something is added to your chair that you cannot move. How do others get weighed? Dana In a message dated 4/5/2008 2:43:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Q, Congratulations on reaching your 13Th years post! With Love, CtrlAltDel aka Dave C4/5 Complete - 31 Years Post Texas, USA Quadius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would have to say I'm not skinny or fat, but I do have a slight quad belly. It used to measure and at 6'2", but some people said I measured 6'3" prior to injury. So, being a vain person, let's just say I was 6'3" before injury and about 211 pounds (that's an accurate weight). Right after my paralysis I weighed in around 152 pounds, but I eventually got up into the 170's during my first year. A couple of years later I ballooned to more than 200 pounds, but right now my way around 185 pounds. Sadly I have watched my legs and arms atrophy, but I still have a little bit of muscle left in my eyes, but even that is eroding away before my eyes. Well, I will be 13 years post tomorrow, April 5. Quadius C2-3 (functioning as a C4). On 4/3/08, t crook <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: First of all- how many of you are excessively skinny? I have been told by my old physical therapist; that quads eventually go to one extreme or the other (skinny or heavy). I have been lean my whole life (including prior injury); but with years of atrophy.... I am just plain skinny. Second- I have not had a rehab doctor visit in about 17 years, I've just had periodic check ups with my family doctor. How often do you guy's see a rehab doctor? I am scheduled to see one the 10th of this month. Thanks- Tim c5-c6, 19 1/2 yrs. post my UPDATED quad site----> _www.geocities.com/onemofortom_ (http://www.geocities.com/onemofortom) ____________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you _one month of Blockbuster Total Access_ (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=47523/*http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com) , No Cost. . **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)
