I was injured in 1995 and also turn 50 this year. My eyes are definitely not what they used to be. I have trouble because I can still read without the use of glasses, but need to use glasses to watch television clearly at a distance be on 12 feet. So, I don't usually wear glasses when I'm up in the wheelchair at home. I'd much rather read.
It seems like every week a new thing happens to me. Q On Sunday, November 2, 2014, Don Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I was injured in 88 and turned 50 this year, I have pretty much the same > issues as you. Just bcuz we're quads don't exempt us from aging. > Don in Calif. > > > > On Saturday, November 1, 2014 5:47 PM, greg <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > > I was injured in 1982. I am 50 now. My age is catching up on me pretty > fast. > My feet swell and my toes like to curl up. My nails don't curl, but they > are very thick. I try spreading my toes out, but they just pop back. I went > years without lateral supports, so my spine is now curving bit. My eyes are > getting worse. Things use to pop up often, and I haven't noticed it do that > for a long time. And now I seem to have grown a 2nd chin/neck. > Greg > > > > > I am 42 years post now and and starting to shrivel up. It started > > with atrophy and my legs are getting very skinny. Then the > > scoliosis on my back where I lean over toward my left. > > I went to my podiatrist and he said I have bad foot drop and my > > toes are curling up on one foot and so are my toenails. > > It seems like the only place I am not shriveling, or curling, as my > > quad gut. > > > > Are any of the other "older quads" experiencing what I am? Bobbie > > > > Smile Everyday > > >
