I feel rather differently about living life as a quadriplegic. None of us is able to know what other people do behind closed doors, nor do we know what pain, suffering, and agony other people go through.
I have a friend who I feel has it much more difficult than I do. True, he has use of all of his limbs, and he can walk with the help of a walker. Because of an injury to his legs where they were totally crushed, he is in constant pain which has not responded to any of the treatments. He is only 35, was an agriculture teacher who was chosen as one of the state’s outstanding teachers. He is no longer able to work, has four children who can’t understand what happened to daddy. He tries so hard to keep involved in his children’s lives, be a great husband to his wife, but in recent months has lost over 60 pounds, cannot sleep more than an hour at a time. He’s not a quadriplegic, but I will take my life over his. Would I choose to be a quadriplegic! Absolutely not. But im one, I hate many aspects of this life, but I have chosen to make the best of it. I look up to all of you who have been quad so many many years, Bobbie, Nan, Lori, and too many others to name. My 25 years has also been a roller-coaster, but I will choose to ride it as hard as I can rest of my life. Sorry, I’ll get off my soapbox now. Joan From: Lori Michaelson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 2:19 PM To: HOSNI AL-KHATIB <[email protected]>; quad-list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] New spinal cord injury movie I feel the same way that you do Hosni ... I just did not want to come out and say/sound cynical. I was married and my life was like that but I lost it on June 11, 2012 when my husband passed away. Yes, it is fiction so for able-bodied people... it gives them the wrong impression as to the real life of a quadriplegic. Things like this can and do happen but, for the most part, our problems are too much for others to take on. On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 4:47 AM, HOSNI AL-KHATIB <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi My Friends This Is Not The Real Life Of A Quadriplegic Person,It's All Fiction My Friends,Life Is So Hard For Us...What Can I Say,And I Don’t Want Fake Kindness And Sympathy Just Because I’m A Quadriplegic. GOD Bless You -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
