Nancy Davis Gillen 8:06am May 5 I'm feeling much better, but im going on 7 months in bed because of a sore. I'm going crazy! Please pass on to the quad list. Thanks for keeping me in your thoughts.
View Conversation on Facebook This message was sent to daanoo2...@yahoo.com. If you don't want to receive these emails from Facebook in the future, please unsubscribe. Facebook, Inc., Attention: Community Support, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 30, 2016, at 4:33 PM, Lori Michaelson <lorilivin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Greetings my quad list friends and friends [since 1995 for me], > > Sometimes after so much time goes by and either we are kept busy doing happy > things or are stuck in bed with a wound... we often lose track of each other > and exactly who is who and what is about that person. > > I know we have lost one of the most wonderful contributors here [Dave Kelmer] > and I believe that Bill Jenkins (in Florida) was the one who told us of his > wishes. This was back in 2009. > > Having said that, here is what I would like from each one of you to refresh > my old lady mind. I feel like I have aged a lifetime over the last 4 years > after losing my husband and unable to live with family any longer. > > * Name > > * Age > > * Date of injury > > * Town and state where you are from (unless you would just like to state the > state you are living in). > > * Are you a quad or a para? If you are a quad ... what level of injury are > you? > > * Complete or incomplete injury? > > And any other information you would like to offer. Thanks a bunch in advance! > > Best to you all! > > Lori Michaelson - age 51. How did that happen?!?!!! > C4/5 complete quad, 36 1/2 years post. Unable to drive. > > I can feed myself if prepared and placed in front of me. Food needs to be cut > up if necessary. > > Grew up in a small town in New York State and lived there for 36 years but > after meeting my husband he got transferred a couple times which first took > us to Virginia and then to Tucson Arizona. > I was devastated with his unexpected passing at only 63 years old on June 11, > 2012 and over 90% of me went with him. > Went to live with sister and brother-in-law in northeastern Pennsylvania for > 3 years but, despite hiring morning and evening caregivers ... my sister and > brother-in-law wanted me to move on for a myriad of reasons but primarily > because my sister began having venous stasis and my brother-in-law wanted his > house back without people coming and going. > > Needless to say I am very disappointed in them because they very well could > have taken me on longer. I had I known it was only going to be for 3 years > (even though was an emergency situation as I had nowhere to go) I wish I had > found a live-in caregiver in Tucson where my husband and I have been living > for 11 years. > > Landed back in Tucson Arizona with a live-in caregiver in January 2016. > > My story is a long one but I will stop there. > > -- > "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