What you guys are saying reminded me of a nurses aide when i was in St.Johns
Hospital during rehab...He would tell us Quads that we don't try to move our
legs and body hard enough, He told me if it were him Paralyzed he could
guarantee he would not stay like me because he would try so hard to make his
legs hands and body work that he would get full function back again....I told
him my spine and spinal cord were completely severed in my car accident and
docs said I can't recover more than my c-6 level....he told me that is bull
and that us Quads just don't make enough effort. I really liked the guy but he
was dead wrong on that judgement because i think most all of us have tried our
rear ends off. Dan H**
On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 7:50 AM, Dave Krehbiel
<[email protected]> wrote:
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{}#yiv5068387575 Someone on this forum said, "quadriplegics are like
snowflakes, they are all different." I sometimes feel offended when some
person who has a different injury than mine and much more support than I have
is presented in the news as a role model. The TV show seem to present the idea
that the reason this person is overcoming their difficulties is because of
their strength of character and positive mental attitude and persistence. The
implication is: the rest of us just are not trying hard enough and have a bad
attitude. The reality is: some of us are having a pretty rough go of it. But
nobody wants to see a story about that on television. Dave Krehbiel From:
RONALD L PRACHT [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2015 1:07 PM
To: Quad-list Post
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Old I was told once that if you cry you will cry alone.
These special quads have learned the art of giving people what they want to see
and hear and cry at home behind closed doors. It has allowed them to be a roll
model and receive support. The one thing that all super quads have is
support.......they have much family, friends, checkbook, donations, caregivers.
The average quad just doesn't have all that behind them and sadly the disabled
community is more like I have it and you don't rather than helping every
disabled individual get the support they need. There isn't anything fair about
how things are dolled out to help the disabled.Its who you know, are you worth
spending money on (Voc Rehab) and the sqeaky wheel gets the oil. Ron On
Saturday, July 4, 2015 11:48 AM, greg <[email protected]> wrote: They are faking
it!
> meds I take, thank goodness not all days are real bad...I have some
> pretty good days but on other days I feel like I'm turning into a
> grumpy old man--i don't see how Joni Erickson Tada and a few others
> can be soooooooooooo cheerful all the time, I try but it is a
> stuggle ! Happy 4th to yopu all today !!!
