What it comes down to is there is no option other than suicide to get out of
it. What has helped me is the realization that life is short for everybody and
in 50 years nobody will know the difference who was a quad or not. Life is a
gift, even as a quad and each of us have to find our own reasons. I dont know
if you have heard the song by garth brooks called the dance, but it talks about
lifes pain and gifts. In order to get out of the pain you would of had to miss
the dance. Think about all the special things you have done in your life. We
have to struggle harder to find purpose each day that the average person thats
for sure. I think a quad knows and appreciates the little things life gives us
more. Listen to the song and maybe that can help.
On Friday, January 27, 2017 11:57 AM, Paul Jacobson <[email protected]>
wrote:
love From: Jeffrey Gaede Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 6:34 PMTo: Quad-list
Post Subject: [QUAD-L] Why keep pushing on Why do people keep pushing on? I
mean it's bad enough to be substantially disabled, but it doesn't stop there.
People, in general, don't want to be around you. It's difficult to go places
and do things; average things that most people do all the time. And you know
from experience that illnesses and such can pop up at any moment, much more
easily than the average person. You try like hell to avoid being dependent on
the government but it's nearly impossible, even if you work full-time. That
means you constantly have someone with which to answer. Someone with their own
rules, who can't begin to understand you and what you go through on a daily
basis. I could see where if you were recently disabled then maybe you haven't
been through enough to realize what life is going to throw your way, but what
about those of us that have been around a while? What keeps you pushing on… Jeff
From: greg <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 6:30 PM
Subject: [QUAD-L] Bd
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freeze the first half hour no matter how warm I get my room.Shake like I'm
convulsing.I'd stay in my chair 24/7 if I could.Plus I just hate not being able
to move around.Greg
