Eric,
Next month I'll be 55 I've been mentally preparing myself for a nursing
home for years and think it's what you make it. It's not the end of the world!
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On Oct 17, 2010, at 21:23, "Eric W Rudd" <[email protected]> wrote:
> wow bobbie, don't come down on urself, nor accept a nursing home. Hear that?
> i think u may hav a few yrs on me but mono e' mono (that'll get sh*t) i
> personally wouldn't know what to do n Parsippany w/o the 'maze'! Thank You
> Ms Humphreys...may have got that wrong, sry ms, miss, mrs....
>
> Eric W Rudd
> [email protected]
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bobbie Humphreys
> To: Debbie Hamilton
> Cc: [email protected]
> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 5:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Anniversary
>
> Debbie,
> My husband is also my soul 24/7 care giver and i don't want to out
> live him either. I to believe I will need to go into a nursing home if I out
> live him. I live in Northern New Jersey and if I were to go into a nursing
> home I plan on moving upstate New York. Why, you might be asking, because the
> care givers that would be taking care of me would be from the immediate area.
> In my location that would be people from Newark which is an inner city and I
> just would not be comfortable. By moving upstate New York the care givers
> would be locals from a small town community, and my older brother and
> youngest sister live up there.
> I'm C 5,6,7 36 years post and my body is really feeling the years in the
> chair. I spent all of July & August in bed and just this morning was informed
> that I'm going to have to wray in again at least a few weeks. Bobbie
>
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>
> On Oct 17, 2010, at 15:59, Debbie Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations Joan! I am 51 years old, and I'm also a C4. I am five
>> years post accident. They gave me 10 years give-or-take. The quad list
>> sure has made me think otherwise. A lot of people have been quads past 10
>> years. I had always been in good shape, and still feel that I am. It's a
>> little scary, I don't want to out live my husband because then I won't have
>> a caregiver and will probably end up in a nursing home. I think that's my
>> greatest fear. What is your living situation?
>>
>> Debbie
>> C4 incomplete/April 2005
>>
>> --- On Fri, 10/15/10, Joan Anglin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> From: Joan Anglin <[email protected]>
>> Subject: [QUAD-L] Anniversary
>> To: [email protected]
>> Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 7:20 PM
>>
>> Today is a day to celebrate. 20 years ago at 2:30 PM I fell off of some
>> scaffolding and fell 10 feet-that was just enough to make me a C4 complete.
>> But considering that I was told that I probably wouldn’t live a normal life
>> line time wise I have proved them wrong and plan to do so for the next 10
>> years at least! I have had the joy of seeing four more grandchildren-age 13
>> on down-and two great grandchildren. My health is excellent, I can still be
>> active and my favorite line is “I still haven’t figured out what I want to
>> be when I grow up”. So at 71 I look forward to an anticipated fantastic
>> next 10 years and am looking forward to all the new inventions that will
>> help most of us live better lives that I could have ever dreamed possible 20
>> years ago. Many thanks for this list, it has enabled me to learn more about
>> what’s new and shaking. Joan
>>
>>
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