Soooooooo many family & friends say to me periodically " ... I don't know how you do it, I couldn't." Meaning live a life as a quad. I tell them "I do it because I have no choice and one day at a time." Bobbie
Smile Everyday > On Nov 6, 2014, at 2:10 PM, RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> wrote: > > Your right everybody says that but 99 percent would deal with it and do what > they can. I had a guy once tell me he would of pulled the plug, then some > girl went crazy on him telling him ..........what plug? What it comes down to > if your above ground you deal with what you got, its about what you still > have, not what you don't have. Keep wiglin and jiglin what you got. > > ron > > > On Thursday, November 6, 2014 1:02 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I think most able-bodied folks say they would choose death over quadom. My > high school students used to say that. It's an easy thing to say, but when it > actually happens, attitudes change. The will to live is a pretty strong force. > > Sent from my iPad > > Begin forwarded message: > >> Resent-From: [email protected] >> From: Ed Tessier <[email protected]> >> Date: November 6, 2014 at 12:47:05 PM EST >> To: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> >> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Re: Monkey shines >> >> When monkey shines came out friends in Hollywood warned it would paint a >> terrible picture of quadriplegia. A group of us out ADAPT, the disability >> civil rights organization, were absolutely appalled. We organized a >> demonstration that was carried by national media and triggered similar >> protests in other cities. we weren't protesting the horror premise – – the >> genre is outlandish by definition. We were protesting the entire back story >> regarding the disabilities, that we live in nightmare existence, isolated, >> despised, deformed by self-loathing and hate for everybody else. This >> judgment went completely un-critiqued by the narrative and, I'm sad to say, >> the audience. One able-bodied civil rights activist polled people as they >> left showings of the movie. 80 something percent said quadriplegic was a >> life not worth living. That is the fuel for discrimination, prejudice and >> all the way up to euthanasia. I don't think we're much better off 26 years >> later. kill me I'm a quad still proliferate. >> >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 5:54 PM, RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> after my last surgery I went back to my swimming and lifting as soon as >> possible. Upon returning my coach told me "you are a fucked up quad Ron". I >> said "no Steve the fucked up quads are at home and never go out" >> >> Ron >> >> >> On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 7:45 PM, Larry Willis >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Well said, Ron. I think you expressed the feelings of many of us. >> >> >> On Wednesday, November 5, 2014, RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> I have thought about suicide many times. Its not really to do with being a >> quad in itself.............its the pain, hurt, being shunned, what could >> have beens, people throwing the blame on you, watching other people live >> full lives while you struggle to hold your own or make small gains. The >> times where I have been happy I was doing things, going places with >> girlfriends, doing my swimming..........then things were good and life was >> worth it. Its a very slippery slope as a quad if you have little support. >> >> Im sure someone on here will tell how life is better now as a quad and they >> make more money now and women just knock the door down to sleep with them. >> Its really about your support system and some about self motivation. I have >> seen people on both ends of the spectrum and everywhere in between. enjoy >> the ride while you can. >> >> ron >> >> >> On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 2:09 PM, Gmail <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> I already know exactly how I am going to carry it out when my pain gets bad >> enough. Bobbie >> >> Smile Everyday >> >> > On Nov 5, 2014, at 2:55 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I'm in the process of watching Monkey Shines right now (Wed 2:47 pm). The >> > doc just said 6 out of ten quads attempt suicide. He didn't say how many >> > were successful. What do you guys think about that number? I've thought >> > about it many times but never actually attempted. Thoughts of my family >> > always pull me out of it. If I were absolutely alone and in a nursing >> > home, might be a different story. Or maybe not. I dunno. >> >> >> >> >> > >
