I was nearsighted as Mr Magoo even before I got hurt. Still am, except now I can't read for very long at a time either. Hell, nothing about me works. Got a dentist appt Thursday for a mouthful of dissident teeth. Smell and taste left me years ago. Well, I can taste sweets and a few other things now and then. If I wasn't already crazy I'd go insane. But still, I am luckier than some. Blessings.....count 'em.
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: [email protected] > From: Quadius <[email protected]> > Date: November 4, 2014 at 4:47:58 PM EST > To: Don Smith <[email protected]> > Cc: greg <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] I am shriveling up > > 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]> 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
