Sounds to me like your making the best out of a bad situation. I for one wasn't commenting on people who can't wear shoes, only those who go out barefoot, without a reason for being so.
Whenever I haven't been able to wear a shoe, I always been able to wear a boot and on the end of my foot I wear a cutdown sock. That way my gnarly toes aren't out there disgusting everyone. :-) My big pet peeve is urine bag sitting out in the open. There are times when I am at the VA hospital and don't have the ability to hide the urine tubing as well as I do at home, but I still try to make the best of every situation. I have a modesty bag. There are volunteers down here who make them for people like us. Take care and keep living every day like it's your last. On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with these for the most part. I haven't been able to wear a shoe > on my left foot for a couple of years. I wear a sock and cushion. Not the > best arrangement, but I get by. Foot stays swollen too bad for shoe. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *RONALD L PRACHT* <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014 > Subject: [QUAD-L] Funny thing happenned to my Jay 2 cushion > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > The worst things the disabled do in public > > 1) no shoes > 2) exposed urine bag > 3) just plain dirty or have a stench > 4) chair has food and scum all over it > 5) legs fallen over to a side or bowed severely( especially on ladies) > 6) scared to look people in the eye > > Theres more,but that's what sticks out in my mind. I an say this because > Im a quad myself ......16 yrs post. We cant help many things , but some > things we can do something about. > > Ron > > > On Thursday, October 2, 2014 1:37 PM, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > funny. i put rolled up hand towels on both sides of my thighs. otherwise > my legs spread like men legs. > dianna > > had to add my 1 inch wedge adductors to each side of the new cushion to > keep my long legs from bowing. I cant stand paralyzed people that let their > legs bow or fall to one side. It looks terrible and its fixable. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wheelchair <[email protected]> > To: r.pracht <[email protected]>; quad-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Oct 1, 2014 8:00 pm > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Funny thing happenned to my Jay 2 cushion > > Have you considered contacting Jay and ask if they are looking for a > very qualified cushion tester? > > Best Wishes > > In a message dated 10/1/2014 3:06:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I came in from my handcycle trip last night and was rolling around the > house when I looked at my hand and it was covered with this nasty yellow > stuff. I looked at the front of my cushion and at the bottom below the > cover was a massive amount of yellow crap. I jumped in bed with my new > cushion and a trash can and pulled the cover off the old cushion which had > a hole in the front and threw all the nastiness away then had to use > rubbing alcohol to clean the stuff off my seat sling. This was the second > Jay 2 to do this to me. The last one popped when a girl sat on my lap. I > get about 4 yrs out of each one then boom. The stuff that comes out is oil > based and very hard to get off of your stuff. I was home alone but managed > to get the old one off and cleaned, and the new one on. I also had to add > my 1 inch wedge adductors to each side of the new cushion to keep my long > legs from bowing. I cant stand paralyzed people that let their legs bow or > fall to one side. It looks terrible and its fixable. A new Jay 2 is going > to cost me over 400 and an extra air exchange cover will be 65. Crazy but > that's how she goes in the handicap world. I need to put a new seat sling > on the chair but that's hard to do yourself and if you fail you have no > chair, lol. > > Ron > > > > >
